Quotes from Liz Mitchell

I wish we had more time to visit places in India.

I thank God for the uniqueness in the sound of my voice.

Some people play the lottery all their life and never win a penny. Others play once and hit the jackpot and that's how it felt with 'Mary's Boy Child.'

Without Bobby, there is no Boney M.

I would love to be part of Bollywood.

I became my own boss once I entered showbusiness and started paying my own taxes.

I've sung lead on nearly all the big Boney M hits.

There is so much restlessness and chaos in the society, and that's what music depicts.

I will never say never. If it is God's plan, it will surely happen.

Even in the Caribbean, we enjoy a good curry because that's what India brought to the Caribbean.

I am of an African-Jamaican descent.

I didn't realize I could sing until I served someone tea at a cafe my parents owned in north west London, where we had settled as a family, after moving from Jamaica when I was 11. I was harmonizing to a track on the jukebox and a man asked me how I managed to do it so well. He recommended me to a talent agent.

I really wanted to be a blues/jazz/gospel singer, but times had changed and disco was now the music - the new sound. I embraced it with all my heart and the rest is history.

If you focus too much on business or finance, then sometimes you don't move ahead as much as you could.

The journey of making money in music has changed a great deal and is now based on merchandising and just being very smart in the business. Downloading from iTunes has become the way to purchase music and the price that you pay there for a song cannot compare to the days when people paid money for records.

Frank Farian and me are the sound of Boney M.

I met Frank Farian and he asked if I would work with him on this project. And four to five months later, we had our first hit, 'Daddy Cool.'

It is love that heals and music is the one thing that speaks to all our souls.

It is true that Boney M was a group put together by a German producer, Frank Farian. But it is not true that all of us were mimics.

I never recorded the music because I wanted to be a millionaire. I recorded it because I love music.

It is titled 'Song of Joy.' The lyrics are inspiring and I hope it appeals to people. The track will help them reflect on the goodness that is inside them.

The photo shoots were not easy. I cried and refused to do anything that would shame my mother and father.

A lot of Indian musicians settled abroad are fusing Indian music with reggae which I find very impressive.

The place is really exceptional and I am fascinated and inspired, as Nagaland with its lush greenery and picturesque mountains as well as the peaceful atmosphere reminds me of my country Jamaica.