When you do an album about Africa, you can't be too superficial.
Every one of my father's songs is a lesson.
I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings.
Music is not like sports, where you can go and do a hundred reps in a gym and come out and be all buffed up.
Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.