Author: Jimmy Cliff

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When I lived in the U.K., I recorded a lot of ska and rock-steady styles of Jamaican music. But people there weren't accepting it. So I began using a faster reggae beat.

When I lived in the U.K., I recorded a lot of ska and rock-steady styles of Jamaican music. But people there weren't accepting it. So I began using a faster reggae beat.

- Jimmy Cliff

Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.

Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.

- Jimmy Cliff

The music that I represent and helped to create and establish was born in Jamaica.

The music that I represent and helped to create and establish was born in Jamaica.

- Jimmy Cliff

Someone like Katy Perry - I like her writing because I listen to music as a songwriter. I like a lot of her songs - like, 'Firework' is a song that I think I could write.

Someone like Katy Perry - I like her writing because I listen to music as a songwriter. I like a lot of her songs - like, 'Firework' is a song that I think I could write.

- Jimmy Cliff

In hindsight, I see the great value of family and how it moulded my life and kept me together. So now family means everything to me.

In hindsight, I see the great value of family and how it moulded my life and kept me together. So now family means everything to me.

- Jimmy Cliff

I have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. It's a delicate balance.

I have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. It's a delicate balance.

- Jimmy Cliff

I wanted to travel the world - I don't how that idea got in my head, but I really wanted to see the world... towns, cities, countries, I wanted to see them all.

I wanted to travel the world - I don't how that idea got in my head, but I really wanted to see the world... towns, cities, countries, I wanted to see them all.

- Jimmy Cliff

I used to do a little acting in school. It was my first love, and I really thought I would be doing it as a career. I really wanted to complete that part of my ambition.

I used to do a little acting in school. It was my first love, and I really thought I would be doing it as a career. I really wanted to complete that part of my ambition.

- Jimmy Cliff

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