And I keep on fighting for the things I want. Though I know that when you're dead you can't. But I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave.

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.

Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory

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!

We're coming into a rebirth of the planet. And some cultures have echoed it, such as the Mayans have echoed that, and it came from the ancient Egyptians.

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

People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.