Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Chris Blackwell

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English businessman Chris Blackwell.

Last updated on September 10, 2024.

Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell is an English businessman and former record producer, and the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is "the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music."

English - Businessman | Born: June 22, 1937

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Running a farm is about solving a problem, and that's always interesting to me. But it's a constant process.

Chris Blackwell

I think Jamaica would thrive if we promote agriculture as a way to bring people here.

Chris Blackwell

I'm intent on marketing Jamaica. Jamaica has the best coffee, the best sugar, the best ginger and some of the best cocoa in the world.

Chris Blackwell

Jamaica has the best coffee, the best sugar, the best ginger and some of the best cocoa in the world.

Chris Blackwell

I never liked the whole thing about pictures with the artists. You look back at an Elvis Presley record, and you don't see any producer credits, because the audience is not supposed to know about the producer credit.

Chris Blackwell

I was touring a lot... I loved the touring because you could really feel the audience. You were much closer to everything.

Chris Blackwell

I want people to enjoy the simplicity in the natural.

Chris Blackwell

Nobody was interested in playing Bob Marley on the radio. We had to tour him - that was the only way it could work.

Chris Blackwell