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.
But there is an energy when a singer and a DJ come together, like when Buju Banton and Wayne Wonder hooked up I sang this smooth melody and the DJ came in with his rough vibe.
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.
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'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?
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?
It's always a live experience - anything that happens around you. It's so easy to just put it to a song.
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.
'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?
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.
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 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.
On an original level, my songs come from my experience and my friends' experience.
People call me Wayne Wonder and it also goes back to football because I could do mad skills with the ball and people would marvel and wonder how I could do it.
That's me, man - I'm a lover not a fighter.
Wayne Wonder is a down-to-earth type of person, so people can always approach me. They are not scared to say, 'Yo Wayne! How are you doing?'
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.
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.
What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.
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.
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