“There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute.”

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.

As an artist myself I don’t like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music.

I am so confident in that idea that if love gets a chance, it will transform the community and the world into a more prosperous place, because we are capable of love.

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

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.

When the seeds of justice are trees and the fruits we eat are sweet, I will be glad.

My imagination would run wild in the hills.

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.

Children are wonderful, and they add to my whole life.

I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

I don’t have to wait to realize the good old days.

All of my life I’ve been growing into who I am in my life today and I am still growing, but I believe in love and nothing can deter me in that.

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

I’m always in love.

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

I love running in nature. I don’t like running on the streets, I don’t like running in the city, I don’t like running on the concrete. I love running in nature, so Jamaica provides a lot of that for me.

I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.

Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.

Light will someday split you open.

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.

In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.

Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.

As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; but don’t hurt others.

Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy.