Caribbean Quote by Kreesha Turner Download Open image “I'm definitely trying to incorporate a Caribbean and reggae element.” — Kreesha Turner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Caribbean Elements Reggae Trying
I feel grateful for the Puerto Ricans who created this genre that has inspired me to have such a beautiful career. Reggaeton has allowed… — Maluma 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 style of… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
If reggae comes from another country, you can have the relationship to reggae that I have to rock. But it's something I grew up with. It's probably something I appreciate more now. In the '80s, I was all about New Wave and synth pop - New Order and Depeche Mode and Eurythmics and Michael Jackson and tons and tons and… — Marlon James Copy Share
I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together. — Laura Mvula 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
Jamaica is so musical, diverse and so extreme, from people singing in the streets to dancing. — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
Especially as an artist who has been signed to one of the majors throughout my last ten years, you don't always get to write… — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
Because Caribbean music is now coming back into the mainstream, there are so many things that make this the perfect time to educate people… — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
No matter what class you're from - uptown or downtown - when you're in the dancehall everyone's equal, and it's how you choose to… — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
Every place has its own challenges. In Canada, we have blessings like grants, but we also have curses in the sense that when you… — Kreesha Turner 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 to go… — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
I would be lying if I didn't say that the most inspirational place for me is Jamaica. — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
To me, the creative inspiration is endless and coming in all sorts of different directions at all times. — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
I love to surround myself with people who are the best at what they do. My idea is I want to be a sponge… — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
“I say, ‘Man, you best behave youself this time, cause we ain’t never getting this mattress out from in here.’ … Berry say, ‘Don’t you worry about that. Cause I’s a married man now, I got to behave. My name done write.’ He say, ‘Why I going in some other bed when I got this big foam bed to lie… — Robert Antoni Copy Share
“The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our history books.” — Cristina García Copy Share Image
I think being born in America and growing up exclusively within the American boundaries of race and race oppression is a very different experience… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I want to give people a taste of the Caribbean, and show them the fun side of me. — Rihanna Copy Share Image
The Stroke Association has produced leaflets that set out clearly the health risks associated with stroke that African-Caribbean people face. — Linford Christie Copy Share
Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax scams, halls… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
“As human beings we’ve certainly suffered the loss of awe, the loss of sacredness, and the loss of the fact that we’re not here— we’re not put on earth— to shape it anyway we want... You want something to happen with poetry, but it doesn’t make anything happen. So then somebody says, “What’s the use of poetry?” Then you say,… — Derek Walcott Copy Share
I have a brother who's six years older than me and we only ever watched stuff that he wanted to watch - 'Lord of… — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
My favourite types of cuisine are Asian and Caribbean, and I love cooking new recipes for my family. — Jourdan Dunn Copy Share Image
Every time you hear anyone talk about the Caribbean, whether it's Caribbeans themselves or people outside, there's always talk about women's bodies. Talk about… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I have wrestled gators in Florida. I have sailed the ocean with Ted Turner. I have swam the oceans in the Caribbean. — Craig Sager Copy Share Image
In the world outside this glass room, songbirds are feeding and resting in the trees. Some will take off tonight and not land until they reach Venezuela. Sandpipers, plovers, and broad-winged hawks have already left for Patagonia and Panama. Bats are headed for caves in Kentucky and Tennessee. Out in the Atlantic, humpback whales pass by on their way to… — Sandra Steingraber Copy Share
