I would love to see no more ghettos but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell you something, they tell you straight!

I've done a lot of things to become what I've become, out to create and establish a musical form and I call it movie.

I would love to see no more ghettos but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell you something, they tell you straight!

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

I write songs on a universal basis. I was born out of the earth of Jamaica which I consider to be a part of Atlantis, the sunk continent, but that's my thing. But I write songs on a universal basis, not like Jamaican songs.

Certain artists have a role to echo the echoes of the people and that's what I'll be doing on my next album.

I've abused myself a lot over the years. But my voice is still intact - really, it's better.