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" I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it. "

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" Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems. "

" Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all children's growth and development, and in a parent's connection with their children. "

" My father's songs don't intimidate me; my father's songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There's no intimidation. "

" It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do. "

" I've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow. "

" Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted. "

" The last thing my father told me was: 'On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don't let me down.' A father telling his son that puts some responsibility on my shoulders. He told me that, and I take it very seriously. "

" Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em. "

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

" Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package. "

" I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go. "

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

" I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too. "

" Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage. "

" I am a leader, so leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right. "

" I don't care what you play, where you're from, who you produce. It depends on what you're doing when you're with me. That's what counts. I don't pre-judge anything or anybody. "

" I like Flea, I like him as a musician. "

" The sun is always shining. We have oxygen, trees, birds. There's so much good things on Earth, still. We haven't destroyed everything. "

" I think God surrounds us, in all different manifestations of the energy. "

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" Proud about my father? What am I most proud of? I think I'm proud of the legacy he left I think is what it is. He has left us so much. "

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" The solution for mankind is of a spiritual nature. It is not a political or religious solution. It's the ability to love each other. That's the only solution I see. "

" Sometimes my mistakes turn into interesting music because I do things that aren't supposed to be done. "

" I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music. "

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" I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are. "

" 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. "