I don't want to do something unproductive with my time, so I decided to do something musical. So it felt good to say, 'Yeah, I'm producing.' It gave me a fresh vibe - inspiring in a different way.

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.

I may not always be right, but when I am, I admit it

Married and buried, wed and dead.

I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University.

I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness

I grew up watching PBS and wanting to be a part of it, just like HBO.

True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.

Dear parents, have great patience, and forgive from the depths of your heart.

[A] high minded gallantry in defense of the foundations of Christian culture.

People who let events and circumstances dictate their lives are living reactively. That means that they don't act on life, they only react to it.