I've been approached by many different people, but I don't really want to be known as a collaboration dude.

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

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

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.

...Mary, fresh with feminist appropriations, has the potential to undergird women’s reformations.

Redeem soul, resurrect spirit.

I tell you the truth, if you will leave your life based on the whims and caprices of men, you shall be like the corn in popcorn machine

Our word Tragedy comes from the Greek, tragos-ode: “The song of the goat.” Anybody who has ever heard a goat attempt to sing will know why.

I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?

Even a lie is a psychic fact.

Dogs are voiceless ... a critical part of having dogs is emotional responsibility: learning how to understand them and, when necessary, to speak and act on their behalf.

This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.

Respect for the law must be the basis for all legal action.

Life's perhaps the only riddle That we shrink from giving up.