“And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, ‘love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.”

My philosophy is: if you don’t bear a cross, you can’t wear a crown so you gotta go through some form of humiliation to reach tribulation.

To be coordinated with the power of balance, your mind and your temple must be running parallel.

I don’t need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.

Music is a science, it heals depression.

I don’t owe no one no obligation, and no one owe me none so every ‘ting is fine.

To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.

What the Rastaman represents is positivity.

It can be beautiful, if you just be yourself.

I am good. I live good. I think good. I don’t have to feel good to be good, I take my goodness wherever I go.

I’m on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.

Reggae must be lived, not played. It is a lifebeat everytime.

It is only the truth that can make a man free, it is only the truth that can make a man live.

I am not a politician. I only suffer the consequences.

My songs is hard stuff which politicians don’t want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.

I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with that divine spirit the flesh cannot fade. If the spirit is weak then the flesh fade, seen?

My earthly parents don’t know my potential or my divine qualities. They weren’t taught how to diagnose or be aware of such things.

When I find a colour darker than black, I’ll wear it. But until then, I’m wearing black!

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.

People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.

It doesn’t matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I’m a woman or a man.

Too many of us still believe our differences define us.

I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn’t stop you from having your own opinion.