Quotations by Bob Marley
People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.
Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.
I have a BMW. But only because BMW stands for Bob Marley and The Wailers, and not because I need an expensive car.
Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.
I love the development of our music, that's what I
really dig about the whole thing. How we've tried
to develop, y'know? It grows. That's why every day
people come forward with new songs. Music goes on
forever."
I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side.I stand for God's side.
Just can't live that negative way... make way for the positive day!
The power of philosophy floats through my head, light like a feather, heavy as lead.
Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.
Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live!
The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.
Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I am in some way eternal, I will never be duplicated. The sigularity of every man and woman is Jah's gift. What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth.
Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.
The stone that the builder refused to lay should always be the head corners stone. You're a builder baby; here I am a stone.
Man is a universe within himself.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.
My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.
Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.
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