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 me and I may take it from that. — 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
