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

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.

Things in life have no real beginning, though our stories about them always do.

I don't like watching myself. That's kind of weird but you know it's not me really, it's this character, which I think might make it a little easier.

You know how I feel about love. It was invented to sell wedding cakes. And vacations to Waikiki.

Those other 10 o'clock shows that come on, all you get from them is headaches and nightmares when you go to bed! At least we give you food, know what I mean?

Many a housewife staring at the back of her husband's newspaper, or listening to his breathing in bed is lonelier than any spinster in a rented room.

He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand, and tried to tell himself at last he had become a man.

My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors.

Earth, air, and ocean, glorious three.

What we do with the information now is up to us, but certainly I have a lot of respect for the courage and integrity that was required for [Edard Snowden] to take that action.

Try to read your own work as a stranger would read it, or even better, as an enemy would.