I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look around, you can see that, then you can put it all together and tell the story. — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school. — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't… — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
And I was really saying that no matter how bad things are there is always a calm after a storm, so don't give up… — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
The Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer. — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to… — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
Recently, I've been working on anew album of material, which should be out in the new Millennium. I'm not sure which song will be… — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's. — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole called 'Stardust… — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
