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IRIE. You had a chance to work with some great song writers like Steve Wonder, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Can you share your experience?
Richie Daley: Stevie Wonder, today when you think of it, we never encountered anyone like him since. We’ve met some special people and have interacted with them but I must say… Stevie Wonder is pretty unique. He is a special human being. Extraorindary talent and so profound in lots of ways.
To be in his presence, to be invited by him, to share his talents, was at the time, needless to say, overwhelming. It’s something that paid off very well and has been one of the milestone in our lifetime.
Kenny Gamble had written so many songs and produced so many talented people and sometimes you listen to his work and you say WOW, so much thought must have gone into this lyric or the music. Where do people like that get constant inspiration to just keep writing and writing. It seems that every time they write they just get better or go higher. Leon Huff and Kenny Gamble just shock me that way… in constant awe!
The marvelous thing about these people is the humility that comes to them. You think that people with such talent walk with their head above the cloud and that they are so untouchable but at the same time so simple. Humble in their everyday life. They are a group of unforgettable characters that we just never forget.
IRIE. What is your process for coming up with a new Third World track.
Richie Daley: We’ve been together for 4 decades now and each decade it might shift and change of how we do things but the essence and the inspiration for each new track is always the same. The inspiration never changes. It comes from the love for mankind which is the greatest thing on earth. Of people living together and doing things together. Just loving life is the greatest gift. Not from constant hate and useless wars.
RICHIE. Let me ask you a question Nick. Why every night on the news all the people that do great things… act of love or show of kindness, we never see them until the end of the news where they show them for only a few seconds? They start off with all the hate people and the hate things and the wars. This is how they always start off every night and they go to great lengths to show you what took place. Then, at the end of it, they show somebody doing a good deed and they spend virtually like ten seconds.
Nicholas Da Silva: Seen! That’s why IRIE was created. To share positive news and music from around the world from everyday people who want to promote love and unity! Respect! 
