Wayne Wonder
When I first did 'Sweet and Sour' there were no Jamaican singers swinging it that way. Then when I came with it, I started to hear everybody. But I know it is a form of creativeness.
What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.
What I did now was I didn't really come and sing it like a DJ, but I put more melody to it. It sounds like I'm DJ-ing but it's milder. It's really an experiment proven to be successful.
We all know what the Bible says. But then again, Buju Banton did 'Boom Bye Bye,' and that was then. I don't think anybody can ever come with more homophobic lyrics to hit the market than that.
That's me, man-I'm a lover not a fighter.
On an original level, my songs come from my experience and my friends' experience.
My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive.
My first time in the studio was in '85 but I didn't actually record in '85. I started recording the right way in the late part of '87-'88.
My first encounter with a Kelly was not on a musical scale. It was from primary school. Dave and I went to primary school together and we were like boy scouts.
'Keep Forgetting' is directed towards haters. I use fassy to mean lesion of the skin, or sore. I use it to mean something or someone that I don't want to be around: people that are corrupt, you know?
Just how I used to listen to songs and cover them, I know musicians have to motivate other musicians, so I don't find that threatening or offensive.
It's always a live experience - anything that happens around you. It's so easy to just put it to a song.
In any city it's more fast-going, more ethnic, more clustered, while in the country there's more relaxation and you can get a good meditation. I think in the country you grow up even better too, but what am I to do?
If I wasn't singing, I'd sure be a Reggae Boy!
I'm learning how to deal with people better. I'm learning not to let the ego get the best of you! People like people, you know?
I don't want to be around fassys: people that hate you if you're trying to move up, people who bring you down when you're moving up or people who criticize your creative work when you put it out. That's what I'm talking about when I say fassy.
I am a conservative type of person, so sometimes when I'm chilling with myself, people always come ask me, 'What's wrong with you? What are you wondering about?'
I actually grew up in the city. I was born in Portland (in the country), but I was brought to the city ever since I knew myself at a tender age.
Anything I sing is supposed to be genuine. It's not supposed to be make-believe or I'm making something for the crowd to jump or to hold up their hands.