Ireland kind of reminds me of Jamaicans – there are a lot of Irish people in Jamaica. It’s the blend of their easy-going nature, cool mentality, and warmth.
We’re fortunate to have had success, not just in America but worldwide.
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.
I don’t make as many records as other people do because I prefer the live side of it – and my records are so big that they keep me touring for years upon years and years.
I didn’t just sit down and write ‘Summer In Kingston’ from scratch; it came about from a bunch of songs I already had.
I don’t want another ‘It Wasn’t Me.’ I’ve been asked that question so many times. Do I want a song of that magnitude? Great, always, but not the same type of music.
I fought for the U.S. government. I live in New York. I pay taxes in America.
I cleaned many a toilet.
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.
‘Lucky Day’ is what I would call the Shaggy roller-coaster ride. It takes you to different moods. I listen to music in moods.
We’re fortunate to have had success, not just in America but worldwide.
I’m inspired by day to day life, things that people go through, things that make people tick. Everybody has a story, so you try to put stories into songs and try to make it as entertaining as possible.
I just think, as a people in general, we should always look at ourselves as the underdog, so we should always go harder than the next person.
India is a great place.
I’m one of those artists that nobody ever sees coming. We started with Virgin in 1993. If you look at the climate of that time in reggae and you were to pick the top five people that’d have a shot at having mainstream success, I was nowhere in that equation at all.
I get called everything from ‘Mr Boombastic’ to ‘Mr Lover Lover’ to ‘Mr It Wasn’t Me.’ It’s whatever is hot at that point.
Even my mom is calling me Shaggy now, which is weird, because Shaggy is more like a character that I play. Shaggy is flamboyant; he’s cocky. And I can’t live that twenty-four hours a day – hell, no.
Music really evolves as it goes along. It’s an evolution.
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