We're fortunate to have had success, not just in America but worldwide.
I'm from a single-parent family. My mom is like my mom and dad. She's my world.
Women love to talk, so you gotta be the guy that listens - not just listens but is interested.
Some people get a little shy, you know, and it can take a certain mood or a situation or a vibe for you to relax and come out of your shell.
You've always got to try and reinvent yourself.
A lot of true Jamaican artists don't understand the importance of radio so tend not to tap into that as a result.
I didn't just sit down and write 'Summer In Kingston' from scratch; it came about from a bunch of songs I already had.
When I was doing 'Hot Shot,' I didn't even have an album deal.
I'm used to people not getting it. I'll make amazing music, but it's convincing people that it's amazing - that's the problem.
'Shaggy' was a nickname before it was ever a stage name. I have no problem with it.
I just think, as a people in general, we should always look at ourselves as the underdog, so we should always go harder than the next person.
I would never be about waking up early and do morning radio and TV back to back had I not been in the military, where they are throwing a garbage can in the middle of my squad bed at 5 o'clock in the morning for four years straight.
Even my mom is calling me Shaggy now, which is weird, because Shaggy is more like a character that I play. Shaggy is flamboyant; he's cocky. And I can't live that twenty-four hours a day - hell, no.
I have to be me, which is, don't like a lot of crowds, don't like a lot of attention - kind of being by myself.
I go to bed late, and I wake up early; in this game, to win it, you have to do that. The military prepared me to do that: you go to bed late and wake up early.
Ireland kind of reminds me of Jamaicans - there are a lot of Irish people in Jamaica. It's the blend of their easy-going nature, cool mentality, and warmth.
I'm not big on collaborations with 'superstars.' It generally doesn't work for me.
I don't want another 'It Wasn't Me.' I've been asked that question so many times. Do I want a song of that magnitude? Great, always, but not the same type of music.
I've always been faced with all kinds of criticism. People were saying, 'Oh, Shaggy is pop. He can't do dancehall,' even though I came from dancehall.
I'm Shaggy. I'm a business.
