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
Dennis Brown quotes about
people looks levels
Well, I heard of Sunny Ade, and looks as if his music is gonna be big on a global level, because I was in London the other day and some people asked me to review the album.
men islands stand-alone
No man is an island. No man stands alone.
thinking taste scope
I think I have a more wider scope for music, I have more taste for music.
song sight singing
You always will be singing a song or humming a line or a melody.
new-day something-new
Every day you learn something new.
definitions able sound
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.
two alive lines
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.
sleep sound love-sleep
You can't find the sound if you just love sleep.
thinking artist ideas
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.
bob build hope market share
We hope to take Bob Knight's market share and build on that.
bigger delaware project terminal
This project is much bigger than what Delaware Terminal had in mind.
running water singing
Sometimes that is why you might even stay in the bathroom for even half an hour, making that water running all over, just singing.
heartbroken song hurt
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.
mood certain rhythm
Certain rhythms just have certain moods.