My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That's basically it. I'm not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I'm just reflecting on life.

On 'Sufferer,' I'm talking about the younger generation that has no other option for success than to find a gun somewhere. I try to appeal to them: 'I know you a sufferer, but it doesn't mean that you can't or shouldn't expect any better.' It's a lot different than from what I usually say, like, 'Get busy, shake that thing.'

Sometimes you have to take a break from being a crazy kid. You can't be doing that all the time. Sometimes you just have to pay respect to your own simple-ness.

With everything that's thrown at you, whether it be problems at home, problems at work - whatever - basically, if you remain positive, you can see your way out of that.

Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues.

I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be.

I feel like I have things to say. And that's what I'm looking forward to.

It's about ladies, as usual. I'm telling the ladies I got the right temperature to keep them warm.

Please remember we all come from the same one and we will all return to that one, so there is no reason for fighting.

Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you don't want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it.

By the time my first album was out, I had been out in Jamaica three or four years, but I had hits out at that time that were bona fide hits.

Every time you think a negative thought, it's one step in the wrong direction, for me.

I do feel I have a responsibility to the youths. For real.

I know some very political people who rap, and they say very political things and they'll never get a deal.

I like music when it makes you feel.

I love the idea of the street vibe, having folks together, out in the street at midnight.

I remember being a bathtub singer. You know, the type that sings and everybody's like, 'Shut up.'

I see dancehall reggae and hip-hop as fused together, When I was a kid, they were the two kinds of music that spoke to me and said 'Move!'

I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe.

I'm a big hip-hop fan since being a kid. It was the first music that spoke to me and made me feel like, 'Yeah.'