On our journey to be advocates of positive futures, we will make mistakes. And it will be okay. We don’t have to be perfect to take the first step – we can start where we are. How refreshing!
During my interview with the musical visionary, Lee “Scratch” Perry, producer, DJ, musician and innovator of Dub, I learned about music, God and how to get on the path to creating a bright future. He introduced me to his Vision of Paradise. He taught me about eating and loving purely.
This interview had me bubbling with excitement and giddiness. I am sure you will find it just as delicious as I did.
What can You Do Today
to Improve all Tomorrows?
“Love yourself enough to choose only good things to eat because the things you eat become you.” Be dedicated to healthy eating habits; they affect your health, thoughts and feelings.
Don’t use substances to alter your state of mind. Don’t use substances that alter you from your natural state. Let life and God flow into you, leaving you clear-minded and available to give and receive the purest form of love.
‘Imitate God.’ Live graciously as if you were God. The message of the best life to live begins through example.
Without doubt the best known and most charismatic of all Jamaican record producers, Rainford Hugh Perry (nicknamed Lee by his mother) aka Scratch/The Upsetter is one of the reggaes longest serving veterans and his story is inseparable from that of the development of Jamaican popular music.
By 1968, he had formed his own label Upsetter Records and was enjoying hits with songs like The Untouchables “Tighten Up”. But he bacame best known for his quirky instrumental numbers whose titles often took inspiration from the “spaghetti westerns” that were so popular in Kingston’s downtown cinemas at the time.
These Upsetter instrumentals found great favour in the UK with the “skinhead” cult of the late 60s, and Scratch scored his first British chart hit in October 1969 with “Return of Django”.
You can also find Lee on Facebook and Twitter @scratchlee. You can also find on his website.