Bob Marley

Musician, Singer-Songwriter

Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer-songwriter known for popularizing reggae music and his powerful messages of love, freedom, and social justice.

Born
February 6, 1945
Died
May 11, 1981
Quotes
293
Rank
#32

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"Oh Mockingbird have you ever heard words that I’ve never heard"

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"Why these people who want to do so much good for everyone, who call themselves government and this and that, why them say you must not use the herb? You see, them say you must not use the herb because it makes you a rebel. Against what?"

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"One lifetime is not enough to live"

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"Do you have a record contract? I have a recording agreement. What's the difference? One is an agreement and one is a contract! I am a man who deals by ear."

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"Look for things marked positive to you, like songs, because all dem things are right."

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"Judge not unless you judge yourself"

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"Set it up in Zimbabwe, Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny, And in this judgment there is no partiality. So arm in arms, with arms, we'll fight this little struggle, 'Cause that's the only way we can overcome our little trouble."

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"Only Once In Your Life"

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"It is better to live on the house top than to live in a house full of confusion."

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"Me never believe in marriage that muchmarriage is a trap to control me; woman is a coward. Man strong."

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"Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life."

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"Alcohol make you drunk, man. It don't make you meditate, it just make you drunk. Herb is more a consciousness."

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"I pledged to work for righteousness. God's given me inspiration. God's the boss, he tell me what to do."

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"They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself."

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"Football is a whole skill to itself. A whole world. A whole universe to itself. Me love it because you have to be skilful to play it! Freedom! Football is freedom."

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"One good thing about music, when it hits-you feel no pain. ... My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die. ... Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen. ... 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."

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"One bright morning when my work is over I will fly away home."

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"When the cats away, the mice will play."

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"Herb? Herb is the healing of the nation, seen? Once you smoke herb, you all must think alike. Now if you thinking alike, dat mean we 'pon the same track. If we 'pon the same track, that mean we gonna unite."

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