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.
So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. - Desmond Dekker
So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor.
- Desmond Dekker
Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's. - Desmond Dekker
Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.
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
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.
I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school. - Desmond Dekker
I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school.
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 fro… - Desmond Dekker
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 fro…
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 se… - Desmond Dekker
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 se…
You can get it if you really want - Desmond Dekker
You can get it if you really want
The Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer. - Desmond Dekker
The Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer.
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… - Desmond Dekker
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…
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