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" The one thing I've always demanded of the records I've made is that they be danceable. "

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" I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music. "

" My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective. "

" It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own. "

" The song of the blues, the song of the music, was something a lot of people missed out on. They thought they had to swagger a certain way or bark at the mic, and you don't have to do that. "

" I've got tons more stuff to do. "

" I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play. "

" Very old music is, like, 11th century in my mind. That's very old. "

" More and more people are finally realizing that in the heart of America, there's all this incredible music that wasn't widely heard before because it wasn't in the interest of those who feel they have to control the taste of the wider public. "

" I'm perceived as someone who goes out and searches for new music, but it was all present in my household. "

" All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s. "

" When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music. "

" Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit. "

" In looking out into the world, it didn't look all that nice out there. And who were the nice people? Certainly Mahatma Gandhi was. "

" I haven't worn one for a long time, but I look pretty good in a suit. "

" The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues. "

" My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music. "

" My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences. "

" I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology. "

" My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it. "

" As I got more involved in music, one of the things that made me excited, from the time I was a child, was that clear link between our ancestors and the sounds we hear today. "

" I was always taught that Latin, Caribbean people were cousins to me, as well as blues was a cousin to me, as well as Africans were direct relatives to me. It was all a part of my language. "

" I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking. "

" Naw, it - it never stops, man... You gotta be doing what you're supposed to be doing - whenever, however it's coming down, you know. If you're getting your butt kicked - you still gotta do what you gotta be doing. "

" I just worked my own personal thoughts into my music, and just kept at it until I found a way in. "

" It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not. "

" I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing. "

" Ziggy Marley is the third generation of Marleys I know. I knew his grandmother and his dad - I did a children's album with his grandmother. They're like family. "

" I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist. "

" As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of. "

" I pretty much move around wherever I like. "