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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 my style."

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"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."

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"I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school."

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"So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor."

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"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 see that, then you can put it all together and tell the story."

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