Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown
Dennis Emmanuel Brown CDwas a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a subgenre of reggae. Bob Marley cited Brown as his favourite singer, dubbing him "The Crown Prince of Reggae", and Brown would prove influential on future generations of reggae singers...
ProfessionReggae Singer
Date of Birth1 February 1957
CityKingston, Jamaica
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Every day you learn something new.
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But when you have to deal with notes, and to be able to make a full definition of what a sound is - if you are not around that environment, then you'll find you lose that feel, that momentum, you lose all that.
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Well, until this very day, I'm still learning.
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Certain rhythms just have certain moods.
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You see, that is it with music, you never stop learning.
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Certain songs by hearing the rhythm, it tells you that is either a love song or you might be heartbroken or the songs give you the vibes and you just know that certain songs are militant that you have to write.
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The bottom line is that Dennis Brown is alive and well, and he's got two lungs and they're kicking and I'm still spitting out them notes.
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You can't find the sound if you just love sleep.
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Sometimes that is why you might even stay in the bathroom for even half an hour, making that water running all over, just singing.
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I wasn't thinking of competing with any artists as such, I was more thinking of being among them, and sharing thoughts with them; like sharing views, ideas, etc.
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You have certain musicians, when you work with them, it give you a certain flavor, as I say before... So it's all about variation.
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There's something else besides the badge, there's a real person that's behind that. Somebody who cares, somebody who believes in what he's doing. And he was proud to be a police officer in the city of Los Angeles.
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This little bit of rain was really a blessing. The grass looks a whole lot greener.
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