I said Yo Jay, I can rap. And I spit this rap that said I'm killin' ya'll *****s on this lyrical sh*t, mayonnaise colored benz, I push miracle whips.

Everyone's always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

Even a broke clock is right twice a day

Life is 5% what happens, and 95% how you react.

This is my life homie, you decide yours

Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness

Nothing in life is promised except death.

Everything I'm not makes me everything I am

You're not perfect, but you're not your mistakes.

You basically can say anything to someone on an email or text as long as you put LOL at the end.

Leaders heal

When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled.

When asked "If you could meet any famous person living or dead," I always ask whether the dead person would be alive again when I meet them.

I had sacrificed my entire life to play football.

Believing that anxious thoughts and feelings can restore order to your life is like using a chain-saw to fold your laundry.

People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?

If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them.

One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.

The Urban Literate Southern California Sub-Group of the Early Atomic Period has not yet produced a distinct body of folk music of its own.

As an artist, it's possible to get tired of yourself.