“Ireland kind of reminds me of Jamaicans - there are a lot of Irish peo...” — Shaggy Quote

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.

Gays and lesbians should have the same rights as anybody else, and when they're in Jamaica, they do have the same rights.

The greatest thing about me is I have always been able to reinvent. We have done that about three or four times with my sound.

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

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

I love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period meticulously, and then I blend in a romantic and sensual love story to give it balance. The heavier the history, the more romantic the couple must be.

I'm like pixie grunge. The perfect blend of sugar and spice.

I've never been much for self-revelation. In two decades of public life, I always approached the limelight with extreme caution. Not that I kept my personal life off-limits; rather, the personal life I put on display was a blend of fact and fiction.

In Chekhov, everything blends into its opposite, just fractionally, and this is sort of unsettling. And that's why you end up 100 years later asking, 'Is that moment tragic or comic?'