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Jimmy Cliff quotes: I live between Jamaica and Paris.

I live between Jamaica and Paris.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.

People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: The music that I represent and helped to create and establish was born in Jamaica.

The music that I represent and helped to create and establish was born in Jamaica.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory

Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I've abused myself a lot over the years. But my voice is still intact - really, it's better.

I've abused myself a lot over the years. But my voice is still intact - really, it's better.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I would love to see no more ghettos but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell you something, they tell you straight!

I would love to see no more ghettos but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell you something, they tell you straight!

Jimmy Cliff quotes: My pigment is of the earth, and collecting my sacred fire from my solar plexus with the central sun of the earth.

My pigment is of the earth, and collecting my sacred fire from my solar plexus with the central sun of the earth.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: We need that expression. Whether we want to call it protest or not, we need to express and echo the echoes of the people. Artists need to do that.

We need that expression. Whether we want to call it protest or not, we need to express and echo the echoes of the people. Artists need to do that.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: Since we're coming into a rebirth, and there's a consciousness of health, because the disease that is death, we are able to overcome that.

Since we're coming into a rebirth, and there's a consciousness of health, because the disease that is death, we are able to overcome that.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.

I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. It's a delicate balance.

I have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. It's a delicate balance.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: We're not to be surprised at all what we see happening in every part of the world. It's a change of the return of things.

We're not to be surprised at all what we see happening in every part of the world. It's a change of the return of things.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: In hindsight, I see the great value of family and how it moulded my life and kept me together. So now family means everything to me.

In hindsight, I see the great value of family and how it moulded my life and kept me together. So now family means everything to me.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I'm very attached to my family and protective of them and miss them, and that situation, my connection with that can make me become very vulnerable.

I'm very attached to my family and protective of them and miss them, and that situation, my connection with that can make me become very vulnerable.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I love to create and that's what gives my soul the satisfaction.

I love to create and that's what gives my soul the satisfaction.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: Certain artists have a role to echo the echoes of the people and that's what I'll be doing on my next album.

Certain artists have a role to echo the echoes of the people and that's what I'll be doing on my next album.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?'

People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?'

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my contribution and help to establish it.

I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my contribution and help to establish it.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I was a songwriter and I've written some good songs, but there are lots of greater songs that I know I have inside yet to come out.

I was a songwriter and I've written some good songs, but there are lots of greater songs that I know I have inside yet to come out.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.

Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: The love is the part of us that can never go. It's the essence that was always there, so that can never go.

The love is the part of us that can never go. It's the essence that was always there, so that can never go.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I've done a lot of things to become what I've become, out to create and establish a musical form and I call it movie.

I've done a lot of things to become what I've become, out to create and establish a musical form and I call it movie.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I had the global outlook that I really wanted to capture the world. I would like the attention of the world at least and I wanted that.

I had the global outlook that I really wanted to capture the world. I would like the attention of the world at least and I wanted that.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I think we all have a role to play in life.

I think we all have a role to play in life.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: My most important relationships were with my father and grandmother.

My most important relationships were with my father and grandmother.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: Got your mind set on a dream, you can get it though how hard it may seem.

Got your mind set on a dream, you can get it though how hard it may seem.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: The first thing I wanted to be was an actor, even before I wanted to be a singer, before I discovered I could sing.

The first thing I wanted to be was an actor, even before I wanted to be a singer, before I discovered I could sing.

Jimmy Cliff quotes: I have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all.

I have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all.