Dance Quote by Kreesha Turner

Jamaica is one of the most musically influential nations in the world. Throughout the entire globe, there are pockets that are constantly in touch…

— Kreesha Turner

Jamaican music can be aggressive, soulful, smooth and exciting all at once - just like hip-hop. At the same time, there's nothing like Jamaica…

— Nas

Jamaica's probably the most dominant island as far as influence goes, as far as music and dancing and culture.

— Joey Badass

There are some popular artists - you would say they run Jamaica, like their songs are played everywhere in Jamaica, because everyone there is…

— Koffee

Recording in Jamaica is like nothing else. The studios are always closed in America. But in Jamaica, the studio doors are wide open, and…

— Michael Franti

…the popular music of Jamaica, the music of the people, is an essentially experiential music, not merely in the sense that the people experience…

— Linton Kwesi Johnson

When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley; you mostly hear dance hall music.

— Michael Franti

Everything that I see around me in Jamaica comes out in my music.

— Koffee

My formative years, until I was 12, was all shaped by Jamaican culture, by that economy, by the people in my family, who are…

— Harry Belafonte

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

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

When you see a Jamaica video, it's always the hood. Everybody in the video's got guns, and the world looks at it like that's…

— Shaggy