I live between Jamaica and Paris.

I write songs on a universal basis. I was born out of the earth of Jamaica which I consider to be a part of…

— Jimmy Cliff

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

— Jimmy Cliff

Jamaica's a country of great dichotomy. On the one hand you have a tourist industry with great beaches and resorts, but on the other…

— Michael Franti

Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very…

— Grace Jones

Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems.

— Ziggy Marley

Even in Jamaica, your own country, coming into youth cricket you need to be from an upscale high school or have a light skin.…

— Chris Gayle

My mom's father came from a family of 11 children who came over from the island of Ischia, Italy, and settled in Providence, RI.…

— Joanna Going

Even if I wasn't in music, even if my father was a carpenter, some guy in Jamaica would go 'You're just like Bob. You're…

— Ziggy Marley

'Yo I'm from Africa' Boy you're just a faker. Name one city: 'Uhh, Jamaica!' Wrong! And I think that's a shame, An African look…

— King Sun

I believe that many lives around us now can reflect this strange pattern of migration and movement. The question is: are we aware of…

— Kwame Dawes

In Jamaica, them always have throwback riddims, recycled old beats, and the hardcore reggae scene is always present. You have faster stuff like the…

— Damian Marley

Ever proud to represent Jamaica achieving new levels in any endeavor.

— Skip Marley

My father describes himself as a Pole of Lithuanian descent. At Southampton University, he read aeronautical engineering and then the family moved to Hong…

— Mel Giedroyc

“Which distressed that Old Man of Jamaica. nonsense”

— Edward Lear

I'm a first generation American. My mother is Italian and Russian and a lot of other things, and my father is Uruguayan. In fact,…

— Sebastian Arcelus