Done Quote by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise.

— Ziggy Marley

Being a Jamaican by birth is wonderful.

— Liz Mitchell

I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.

— OMI

When you're Jamaican, you don't consider yourself African American even though everyone else considers you that.

— Sarah Cooper

I am of an African-Jamaican descent.

— Liz Mitchell

I'm Jamaican, man. I'm Jamaican first. You gotta understand that's where I'm from. That's home. That you can never take away from me. I'm…

— Donovan Bailey

Even with my family, I feel sort of 'other.' I'm the only one of my siblings who wasn't born in Jamaica. For a long…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

A lot of true Jamaican artists don't understand the importance of radio so tend not to tap into that as a result.

— Shaggy

“The problems that we have in Jamaica are not fundamentally economical but mental, if we changed the way we saw the world then many…

— Crystal Evans

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.

— Grace Jones

My family belonged to a very particular formation - middle-class and coloured, not black. That meant it had a closer connection to the plantocracy…

— Stuart Hall

Mexicans work so hard. Jamaicans are like, 'Hey mon. Take it easy. You work too 'ard.' Sneak into the country Sunday night, working Monday…

— Tony Rock