Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff, OM is a Jamaican ska & reggae musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and actor. He is the only living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievements in the arts and sciences...
NationalityJamaican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth1 April 1948
CountryJamaica
song writing jamaica
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.
love-is essence
The love is the part of us that can never go. It's the essence that was always there, so that can never go.
artist able way
I am not one of those artists who is cemented in one way. I am able to, you know, make the happy, jovial, lighthearted music too. We need that in life too. So it's like that to me.
missing vulnerable my-family
I'm very attached to my family and protective of them and miss them, and that situation, my connection with that can make me become very vulnerable.
song pain swimming
If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.
I live between Jamaica and Paris.
song war inspiration
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.
thinking feelings good-thinking
Good thinking brings good feeling and good feeling brings good thinking.
culture ancient rebirth
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.
world
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.
dark energy
Look at what's happening with scientific things. They have discovered dark matter. They have discovered what is called the God Particle. All that is going to make religion obsolete. These are the things that are amazing, and it's an amazing time to be living in. It's a higher energy that we're going to be coming into.
years voice stills
I’ve abused myself a lot over the years. But my voice is still intact – really, it’s better.
generosity trying one-thing
If I could change one thing about myself... I would try to control my generosity.
ghetto want diplomacy
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!