I live between Jamaica and Paris.

Everyone needs to realize why am I here? It comes in everyone's life; you ask why am I here? What am I doing? Once you are able to answer that question for yourself honestly, you have smooth sailing.

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

Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about that.

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 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.

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