I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.
Desmond DekkerSometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style.
Desmond DekkerThe Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer.
Desmond Dekker