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Toots Hibbert Biography

Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, O.J. (born 8 December 1942) is a Jamaican singer and songwriter, known as the leader for the reggae and ska band Toots & the Maytals.

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I feel positive about what I do. And, whoever is doing reggae, they have to have positive words and no negativity. They have to be positive. Yes, if you call it reggae, and it is negative words, it is not reggae.

Being Positive, Call, Negative, Negativity

You have to be logical and use international words so people can relate to reggae music. I'm the inventor of the word reggae music. I'm the one who coined the word reggae. So, whatever I put out on my label - my label called D & F Music - it has to be positive.

Being Positive, People, Reggae, Relate, Use

Reggae is a message of consolation; a message of salvation. The youth are going to the school and they have to listen to the words. The parents have to listen to the words. God has to listen to the words. So, we have to make it positive. If you sing nursery rhymes, it is nothing. You just blow up tomorrow, and the record dies at the same time. But if you give positive words, that song lives forever.

Blow, Consolation, Same, School, Sing, Song

The people always support me. If they come to see my show, they never forget me. They are very proud of me.

Forget, People, Proud, Show, Support

I'm not going to die. If I'm going to die, it won't be now. So, I'm not going to limit myself. I will keep on going while I have the strength.

Die, Keep, Limit, Strength

I'm never proud of myself. No. People are always proud of me, but I think people can always be greater than me. People call me great; I don't think that I'm great. But they say, "You are the inventor for the word reggae, you are great. " And I have to say, "Okay, thank you. "

Inventor, Okay, People, Proud, Thinking

Everybody wants to collaborate with me. I was going to collaborate with Whitney Houston, but she died. Very sad, man. We were very good friends.

Friends, Good Friend, Man, Men, Very Sad, Whitney

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