Desmond Dekker Quotes

• I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.

  Desmond Dekker

  Song, Writing, Talking

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Things will get better if you just hold out long enough.

  Desmond Dekker

  Long, Things Will Get Better, Enough

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• And I was really saying that no matter how bad things are there is always a calm after a storm, so don't give up on things.

  Desmond Dekker

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Storm

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• I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school.

  Desmond Dekker

  School, Boys, Born

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look around, you can see that, then you can put it all together and tell the story.

  Desmond Dekker

  Writing, Everyday, Together

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• You can get it if you really want

  Desmond Dekker

  Want, Ifs

  Song: You Can Get It if You Really Want It, 2008

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• Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.

  Desmond Dekker

  Mother, Father, Taken

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor.

  Desmond Dekker

  School, Tailors, Trade

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer.

  Desmond Dekker

  Four, Singers, Aces

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style.

  Desmond Dekker

  People, Style, Records

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Recently, I've been working on anew album of material, which should be out in the new Millennium. I'm not sure which song will be put out as a single, but I'm still hoping to get another record in the charts.

  Desmond Dekker

  Song, Albums, Records

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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