Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues.

I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe.

Please remember we all come from the same one and we will all return to that one, so there is no reason for fighting.

Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you dont want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it.

I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be.

I see dancehall reggae and hip-hop as fused together, When I was a kid, they were the two kinds of music that spoke to me and said 'Move!

I got the right temperature for shelter you from the storm

I know some very political people who rap, and they say very political things and they'll never get a deal.

It's about ladies, as usual. I'm telling the ladies I got the right temperature to keep them warm.

I love the idea of the street vibe, having folks together, out in the street at midnight.

I'm a big hip-hop fan since being a kid. It was the first music that spoke to me and made me feel like, 'Yeah.'

I do tend to move on anyway. This is a part of my life, but it doesn't rule my life.

Some runners judge performance by whether they won or lost. Others define success or failure by how fast they ran. Only you can judge your performance. Avoid letting others sit in judgment of you.

On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.

It's important to begin to even consider whether countries can become something that looks very different because people tend to take their countries for granted.

Thirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can describe in words that which painting instantly sets before the eye.

Water is the mirror that has the ability to show us what we cannot see.

Who on earth do the Americans suppose their allies are amongst the Arab world? Even Saudi Arabia they seem to regard as nothing more than a resevoir of oil and money.

I am madness maddened when it comes to books, writers, and the great granary silos where their wits are stored.

In my mind God made Adam and Eve, he didn't make Adam and Steve.

It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him