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

People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.

Got your mind set on a dream, you can get it though how hard it may seem.

Good thinking brings good feeling and good feeling brings good thinking.

Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory

I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.

I love to create and that's what gives my soul the satisfaction.

And I keep on fighting for the things I want. Though I know that when you're dead you can't. But I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave.

In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel.

I've done a lot of things to become what I've become, out to create and establish a musical form and I call it movie.

Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about that.

Blood can help make family, but family often transcends blood.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

Your relationship or lack of relationship with God through Jesus Christ continues after your last breath on this earth.

Mark it. The success of people may excite you. But the challenges they went through to achieve it will annoy you.

I've been very fortunate in my career.

I think I'm what they call a never-was.

A philosopher's a lover of wisdom.

I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.

The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.

But actors with political views are a dime a dozen.