Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff on his new single, the making of 'The Harder They Come,' and what he does and doesn't smoke anymore
from his home in Miami. “They say it’s the center of everything,” he says of the COVID uptick in his state. “But I’m well and writing and exercising.”
I said, “Well, this is a good song. An appropriate song.” It sounds like it was written for [the pandemic]. Everyone is missing the human touch. So I’m sending out that messageSome of my best songs come like that, like “Many Rivers to Cross.” I was living in London and used to go across the Channel from London to France or Germany, and thus you have “white cliffs of Dover.” I was in New York and I was finishing up songs for mixing.
I really wanted to act. [Director] Perry Henzell got me to play that part because I was doing well in England as a recording artist. I was touring all over Europe and making a bunch of money, and he said to me something that only I knew then or believed. He said, “You know, I think you’re a better actor than singer.” It stopped me in my tracks for a minute. I didn’t say anything.
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