Shaggy Quotes Page 2

“If you look at my track record, there was nothing on radio that sounded like 'Oh Carolina,' 'Mr Boombastic' when they came out.”

“Making records is not brain surgery.”

“Music really evolves as it goes along. It's an evolution.”

“Music, music, music. It doesn't get much better than that! It pretty much consumes my life.”

“My career has taken so many directions.”

“My children are a joy to be around.”

“My existence wouldn't be the same if there weren't women.”

“My thing is to get people out of the stigma of what a reggae artist should be like.”

“Reggae is a culture. It's easy, laid-back.”

“Some people get a little shy, you know, and it can take a certain mood or a situation or a vibe for you to relax and come out of your shell.”

“The best thing about my house is that I live five minutes from the airport, and since I fly more than I drive, it saves me a lot of time.”

“The biggest thing I take away from the Army is that work ethic and being able to focus and put your eyes on a goal.”

“The mainstream is very fickle. If you're hot, they'll mess with you. If you're not, it's out of there.”

“The Police, they were the guys that were like the gateway to the mainstream. In England, there was a very strong reggae movement that was going on. Anything that was happening in reggae happened out of England. They were brilliant. They could spot a sound that was cool, the 'it' sound.”

“There are those women who degrade the name of women, and there are men who degrade the name of women. But for the most part, we can't live without them.”

“When I look at my catalog, most of my songs are about love or relationships. And I'm smart enough to say if it's not broken, don't fix it.”

“When I look back at the people who shaped me, that made a difference in my life, most of them were women.”

“When magic happens, it just happens, brother.”

“When we do reggae, it's normally a one-chord or a two-chord, or whatever it is. With Sting, there'll be chord changes, key changes.”

“Women love to talk, so you gotta be the guy that listens – not just listens but is interested.”

“You don't create legends out of other legends.”

“You got to understand: when you go into a record company and give them a something that doesn't sound like what's on the radio, it's hard to sell it.”

“You never know where your next scare is coming from. You've just gotta find the courage to face it.”

“You've always got to try and reinvent yourself.”