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.

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

I don't know where life will lead me, but I know where I've been. I can't say what life will show me, but I know what I've seen. Tried my hand at love and friendship, but all that is passed and gone. This little boy is moving on.

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 don't think a songwriter should lose their mojo. In my situation, I'm one of those artists that lasts over a long period rather than have your moment and your moment is gone.

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.

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.