Gregory Isaacs Quotes

Music has no race. It appeals to everybody.

I grew up listening to hits, and if I write something I feel, I think that's pretty mass appeal. I'm not very elitist with music. Love is universal; a great melody is universal; it goes around the world; it's not just American. A great song can touch the world.

In terms of helping people understand and know each other a little better, music is universal - universal and transporting.

Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.

Nothing unifies people more than music, more than that universal riff. The one thing that unifies us and the hope that we can have, especially being an artist, is that we can create music that can build bridges and smash down very bad ideas.

For me, there are no borders in music in general.

Music goes beyond nationalities - it's a language which you can understand in any country.

We've really learned that music is something that people share all over the world.

Music is common language. I can sing 'Bebot' in front of white people and they will dance.

Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.

Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries.

There's something about approaching universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere, and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.

One night I'll be in Los Angeles and it'll be a Latin crowd, and then another night I'll go to Fresno and it'll be an all-black crowd. To me, that's the beauty of the music.

What's great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place.

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.

Someone once told me that movies are a universal passport. And it's true, wherever you go.

Music is universal; it's healing.

I'm just trying to touch the world and touch the people and just get good material. And show them that we can get it done. Just because you're African American, you still can touch the masses. And that's my goal. I won't stop until that goal is continued to push it hard to the world that we are the universal person as well.

I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez - writers I like, painters and artists I admire.

I think Australia has to be a country which has the 'Welcome' sign out.

I do see music as complete refuge. It's a universal home, complete common ground between everyone; it comes from a place that has no nation and no boundaries around it.

The question really isn't whether I'm American, Russian, Iranian, Azerbaijani, or anything else. I've been shaped by all these people and cultures and I feel quite comfortable among all of them

One thing that brings everyone together are the lyrics. Even if the people singing don't know the Japanese words, they still sing along.

To be able to come back to Nigeria and get so much love for my work is my biggest life blessing. I've always hoped to never get lost in translation with me being British-born.

Music has no borders, which is most important.