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
artist forgotten time
Now you can manufacture just about what you want and after just a little time the artist is forgotten and gone.
artist helping jamaicans
I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my contribution and help to establish it.
artist smell people
I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the radio, but going to studios, greeting musicians and artists, just getting a vibe.
artist echoes people
Certain artists have a role to echo the echoes of the people and that's what I'll be doing on my next album.
artist echoes expression
We need that expression. Whether we want to call it protest or not, we need to express and echo the echoes of the people. Artists need to do that.
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.
believe artist done
I have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all.
thinking artist long
I don't think a songwriter should lose their mojo. In my situation, I'm one of those artists that lasts over a long period rather than have your moment and your moment is gone.
coming create gates known music opened people singer songwriter vehicle
It was the vehicle that propelled me to international stardom. I was known as a singer songwriter before that, but people did not know me as an actor. It showed the world where the music I contributed to create was coming from. It opened the gates for Jamaican music, internationally.
bit cliff guess jimmy outside step
With acting, you have to become someone else. That's the fun part of it for me - to step outside of yourself and become a character. I guess being Jimmy Cliff is a little bit of a character, too.
phase sought
It's phase we're going through. Eventually, what is real will be sought after again.
telling
I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.
music perry songs
Someone like Katy Perry - I like her writing because I listen to music as a songwriter. I like a lot of her songs - like, 'Firework' is a song that I think I could write.
travel
I wanted to travel the world - I don't how that idea got in my head, but I really wanted to see the world... towns, cities, countries, I wanted to see them all.