Jimmy cliff

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

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

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

I regret I didn't ever learn how to fly a plane. I had the opportunity when I started to make some money, and I regret I didn't really take the time out and put the effort in and do that.

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

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

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

When I lived in the U.K., I recorded a lot of ska and rock-steady styles of Jamaican music. But people there weren't accepting it. So I began using a faster reggae beat.

If you go out to Hollywood you'll find a lot of fantastic plastic people there in the business and a lot of people in life generally. They find it so hard to be themselves that they have to be...

My most important relationships were with my father and grandmother.