Quotes

I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.

God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.

Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.

I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.

The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.

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.

Everyone will someday be judged for what they do, and Jah is the only judge.

There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing.

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.

I am a leader. 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 have to wait to realize the good old days.

Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music, which is a positive way of life, which is a progressive way of life for better people.

I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.

If food is labeled, some people might choose to eat stuff that's genetically modified. They might decide they love it. But give us a choice.

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.

We believe in the almighty and we believe in God and that music is from God and we're inspired by God to give messages and ideas to people.

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

URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages.

People treat you according to your energy or what you put out there, so what I put out there is very open. I'm not paranoid or scared, I'm open. That's how I treat people, with respect and speak truthfully.

No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now.

If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not.

I grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It's part of our culture.

My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.

I have found that children are the most open-minded of all my audiences. They are not set in their ways. They are open to ideas.

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.

I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.

There's more to life than physical and material.

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

In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual.

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.

I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.

I've tried body surfing. It's nice.

I'm inspired to do music. I really can't stop unless I stop being inspired.

Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.

The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better, to fight for a better living.

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.

Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.

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.

I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working.

Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect.

I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind.

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

Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.

Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.

If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.

The roots of my music start from the ghetto.

Old music used to mean something. There is none of that today.

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

In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.

The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.