Did you know the pen is stronger than the knife: they can kill you once but they can't kill you twice.

Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.

Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.

Charlie, Last Name Wilson