Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon. — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
My flow follows sometimes what's going on in the hip-hop industry even though I'm speaking Jamaican patois. — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
I wanna open a Jamaican/Irish/Spanish small plate breakfast restaurant and call it Tapas the Morning to Ja. — Harris Wittels Copy Share Image
I'm a Canadian Jamaican. For me, I carry my Jamaican element into my music in my more recent releases. — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old. — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop using that ridiculous Jamaican accent. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Thinking about what Jamaicans want is a bit pressuring. So I try not to think about what Jamaicans want until I get… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
My favorite healthy foods are Jamaican chicken soup, Jamaican chicken stew peas, Jamaican brown stew chicken, plantains and banana chips. — Sanya Richards-Ross Copy Share Image
I live in a neighborhood that's really filled with sound - there's a lot of Jamaican auto body shops, and the guys… — Sxip Shirey Copy Share Image
My favorite herb - lamb's bread. Kali. I like Hawaiian. But for some reason, you communicate better with Jamaican herb. The best… — Bob Marley 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
When you think about the passion that's involved wth Jamaican culture, it's like, they're not sitting around waiting for things to get… — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my… — Tamala Jones Copy Share Image
On average, the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese are more similar to each other and are different from Australians, Israelis and the Swedes,… — J. Philippe Rushton Copy Share Image
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 authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be very odd to an American… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish,… — John Lydon 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
Let's say you have some chicken stock and you're making soup, and out of everything you can taste, some of the things… — Herbie Mann Copy Share Image
Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
My formative years, until I was 12, was all shaped by Jamaican culture, by that economy, by the people in my family,… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
That the language of the poetry of Jamaican music is rastafarian or biblical language cannot simply be put down to the colonizer… — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
Basically, there were three aspects of dub that influenced dubstep. The most important was playing the instrumental versions of vocal garage tracks,… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
Know your load. That's rule numero uno in this business, which is why I make them count the penguins out in front… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
My two Jamaican cousins ... were studying engineering. 'That's where the money is,' Mom advised. ... I was to be an engineering… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“They were both comparative mirrors of each other. It was clear to her now more than he had used her and she… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
I wrote a short article called "Yardcore" for that issue, too, as an attempt to talk about the Jamaican influence on garage,… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
Jamaican reggae is the style of music I always reach for when ranting to friends about how you could listen to one… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
Basically, as a kid I grew up to a lot of good music, and part of my appreciation for music, from being… — Adrian Young Copy Share Image
Jamaican music can be aggressive, soulful, smooth and exciting all at once - just like hip-hop. At the same time, there's nothing… — Nas Copy Share Image
The U.K. is one of the places that has always been an advocate of my music and I spend a lot of… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
I was at a family friend's house and in true Jamaican style we celebrated with food. I relived every single emotionit was… — Tessanne Chin Copy Share Image
I used to watch my grandmother make fancy, Julia Child-style beef bourguignon. And growing up in New York City, I was exposed… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
When I lived in Jamaican I lived in Kingston, in Spanish Town, and when I go there the only place I want… — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
I have carried my Jamaican Flag with pride around the world to share my culture and experience with others because I seek… — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
Im Jamaican, man. Im Jamaican first. You gotta understand thats where Im from. Thats home. That you can never take away from… — Donovan Bailey Copy Share Image
