Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun.

There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute.

When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise.

If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again.

This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened.

My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.

I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion, and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy, or relief to anyone or anything.

The long-term study of GMO foods is going on in real time and in real life. Not in a lab.

There's a rainbow in the sky, all the time, don't be blind

The more red meat and blood we eat, the more bloodthirsty we get, the more violent we get. The more vegetarian food we eat, the more peace is taken into us.

Do not hold on to circumstances

—the longer you silence a violin, the harder it is for it to find its true voice again.

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

I really think of the studio as being like craftsmanship time, and then playing is about releasing energy, and the two are really different.

Man plans. God laughs.

It is not discrimination to treat different things differently.

Don't be told something is impossible. There's always a way.

My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.

What excited me when I first came into it was the performing aspect and doing blues-oriented material, rock/blues oriented stuff, basic stuff, basic what they call rock 'n' roll.