Shaggy Quotes

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Shaggy

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 22, 1968

The Irish want to smile, and they want to have fun.

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We don't have all this gay-bashing crime. You don't see that. It's not there. That is not really happening in Jamaica. But because a few artists basically sing it and put records out and the media runs with it, then the stigma becomes big, and now we're trapped with that whole thing. It's really sad.

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You don't create legends out of other legends.

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I got the name in primary school because my hair was shaggy. And I didn't like it; I thought it was derogatory.

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I used to do three or four songs a day, just write them - boom, boom, boom, and done - because of how spontaneous I was.

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The reggae fraternity is a small fraternity.

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'Fields of Gold' is my favourite record.

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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.

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I'm from a single-parent family. My mom is like my mom and dad. She's my world.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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I have mixed feelings about Napster. I like what it can do for an unsigned band. It can help them sell 10,000 records. But for an established artist, there's already so much piracy around. They need to regulate it.

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My children are a joy to be around.

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I'm still amazed at how the universe works.

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

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I constantly tour every year, around the clock. That's how I make my living, and I do very well. Because I have classic songs.

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When you see a Jamaica video, it's always the hood. Everybody in the video's got guns, and the world looks at it like that's what Jamaica's about. And it affects the economics of the music.

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