I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
The music that I represent and helped to create and establish was born in Jamaica. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of things to become what I've become, out to create and establish a musical form and I call… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
I was a songwriter and I've written some good songs, but there are lots of greater songs that I know I have… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
It was the vehicle that propelled me to international stardom. ("Harder They Come") I was known as a singer/songwriter before that, but… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
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… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
I write songs on a universal basis. I was born out of the earth of Jamaica which I consider to be a… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
Someone like Katy Perry - I like her writing because I listen to music as a songwriter. I like a lot of… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
I am not one of those artists who is cemented in one way. I am able to, you know, make the happy,… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
I’ve abused myself a lot over the years. But my voice is still intact – really, it’s better. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
I have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
Look at the waterfall! See how the shadow scroll. If you belive me, we'll stay together. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
“I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than to live life as a puppet or a slave” — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
My pigment is of the earth, and collecting my sacred fire from my solar plexus with the central sun of the earth. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
I'm very attached to my family and protective of them and miss them, and that situation, my connection with that can make me become… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the radio, but… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
I need you everyday and we'll stay this way. The same ol'place we found It's ours forever. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
Rastafari means to live in nature, to see the Creator in the wind, sea and storm. Other religions pointed to the sky, and while… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
Reggae night and we'll be jammin 'till the morning light. Penny Reel just called got to get my things got to catch this ride. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
My role is the shepherd's role. The shepherd is the one who opens the gate and allows the flock to go through and whoever… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want? — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share
