Desmond Dekker

I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school.

— Desmond Dekker

Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no,…

— Desmond Dekker

And I was really saying that no matter how bad things are there is always a calm after a storm, so don't…

— Desmond Dekker

The Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer.

— Desmond Dekker

Things will get better if you just hold out long enough.

— Desmond Dekker

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear.

— Desmond Dekker

You can get it if you really want

— Desmond Dekker

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be…

— Desmond Dekker

So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor.

— Desmond Dekker

Recently, I've been working on anew album of material, which should be out in the new Millennium. I'm not sure which song…

— Desmond Dekker

Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.

— Desmond Dekker

One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole…

— Desmond Dekker

I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time…

— Desmond Dekker