It was the vehicle that propelled me to international stardom. ("Harder They Come") I was known as a singer/songwriter before that, but people did not know me as an actor. It showed the world where the music I contributed to create was coming from. It opened the gates for Jamaican music, internationally.

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.

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

If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.

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.

Look at what's happening with scientific things. They have discovered dark matter. They have discovered what is called the God Particle. All that is going to make religion obsolete. These are the things that are amazing, and it's an amazing time to be living in. It's a higher energy that we're going to be coming into.

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