Bob Marley Quotes

Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the most influential figures in reggae music. He was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, to Norval Sinclair Marley and Cedella Booker. As a teenager, Marley moved to Kingston, where he started his musical career. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with hits such as “No Woman, No Cry”, “I Shot the Sheriff”, and “Exodus”. His album, “Legend”, released in 1984, is the best-selling reggae album of all time. Marley’s music was heavily influenced by his Rastafarian beliefs, and his lyrics reflected his dedication to the movement. He is also credited with helping to spread reggae music and Rastafarianism around the world. Marley died of cancer on May 11, 1981, at the age of 36.

Table of Contents:

1. Early life

2. Career

3. Musical style

4. Legacy

5. Top Bob Marley Quotes

Early life

Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, to Norval Sinclair Marley and Cedella Booker. His father was a white Jamaican of English descent, and his mother was a black Jamaican. Marley’s parents were never married, and he spent his early life in poverty. He was raised by his maternal grandmother, who taught him about the Rastafarian religion. Marley was a bright student, but he was often truant from school. He left school at the age of 14 to work on a farm.

Career

Marley’s musical career began in 1963, when he formed the ska band the Wailers with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. The Wailers had some success in Jamaica, but they were not able to break into the mainstream music market. In 1971, the Wailers signed with Island Records and released their breakthrough album, “Catch a Fire”. The album was a critical and commercial success, and it established the Wailers as international stars.

The Wailers continued to release successful albums throughout the 1970s, including “Burnin'”, “Natty Dread”, and “Rastaman Vibration”. Marley also released several solo albums, including “Exodus”, which is considered one of the greatest albums of all time.

Musical style

Marley’s music was heavily influenced by his Rastafarian beliefs. His lyrics often protested against social injustice and advocated for the rights of the poor and oppressed. Marley’s music also reflected his love for Jamaica and its people. He is credited with helping to spread reggae music and Rastafarianism around the world.

Legacy

Marley died of cancer on May 11, 1981, at the age of 36. He was a hugely influential figure in reggae music, and his music continues to be popular around the world. Marley was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Bob Marley Quotes

“Don’t gain the world and lose your soul. Wisdom is better than silver and gold.”– Bob Marley

“Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.”– Bob Marley

“The most beautiful curve on a woman’s body is her smile.”– Bob Marley

“As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.”– Bob Marley

“Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you prejudice, you can’t move, you keep prejudice for years. Never get nowhere with that.”– Bob Marley

“The lips of the righteous teach many, But fools die for want of wisdom.”– Bob Marley

“You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you’re supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.”– Bob Marley

“Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”– Bob Marley

“If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from, then you wouldn’t have to ask me, who the heck do I think I am.”– Bob Marley

“Me see myself as a revolutionary,wouldn’t want no help and imma take no bribe from no one and fight it single handed with music.”– Bob Marley

“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.”– Bob Marley

“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.”– Bob Marley

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more.”– Bob Marley

“Don’t trust people whose feelings change with time. Trust people whose feelings remain the same, even when the time changes.”– Bob Marley

“Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.”– Bob Marley

“They don’t want to see us live together; all they want us to do is keep on killing one another.”– Bob Marley

“As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.”– Bob Marley

“If you can love the wrong person that much, imagine how much you can love the right one.”– Bob Marley

“Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but it’s everything in between that makes it all worth living.”– Bob Marley

“The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?”– Bob Marley

“If you’re white and you’re wrong, then you’re wrong; if you’re black and you’re wrong, you’re wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green – God make no rules about color; only society make rules where my people suffer, and that why we must have redemption and redemption now.”– Bob Marley

“Forget your troubles and dance! Forget your sorrows and dance! Forget your sickness and dance! Forget your weakness and dance!”– Bob Marley

“You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that’s why I’m scared when you say you love me.”– Bob Marley

“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.”– Bob Marley

“Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon.”– Bob Marley

“The winds that sometimes take something we love, are the same that bring us something we learn to love. Therefore we should not cry about something that was taken from us, but, yes, love what we have been given. Because what is really ours is never gone forever.”– Bob Marley

“It take many a year, mon, and maybe some bloodshed must be, but righteousness someday prevail.”– Bob Marley

“They don’t want us to unite: all they want us to do is keep on fussing and fighting.”– Bob Marley

“Today, people struggle to find what’s real. Everything has become so synthetic that a lot of people, all they want is to grasp onto hope.”– Bob Marley

“The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.”– Bob Marley

“Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy.”– Bob Marley

“If she’s amazing, she won’t be easy. If she’s easy, she won’t be amazing. If she’s worth it, you won’t give up. If you give up, you’re not worthy. … Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”– Bob Marley

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!”– Bob Marley

“the power of philosophy floats through my head.. light like a feather, heavy as lead.”– Bob Marley

“God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.”– Bob Marley

“Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.”– Bob Marley

“Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.”– Bob Marley

“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”– Bob Marley

“Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I’m not perfect — and I don’t live to be — but before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean!”– Bob Marley

“He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.”– Bob Marley

“Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.”– Bob Marley

“Man can’t do without God. Just like you’re thirsty, you have to drink water. You just can’t go without God.”– Bob Marley

“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.”– Bob Marley

“I went deep inside myself. I had time to explore my beliefs and because of that I’m stronger.”– Bob Marley

“Politics and church are the same. They keep the people in ignorance.”– Bob Marley

“They will always tell you that you can’t do what you want to do, but you can do what you want to do. You just have to believe in yourself. The system is to bring you down, but you can rise up.”– Bob Marley

“That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, Dis a war.”– Bob Marley

“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!”– Bob Marley

“Some Will Hate You Pretend They Love You Now Then Behind They Try To Eliminate You.”– Bob Marley

“Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections.”– Bob Marley

“You can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.”– Bob Marley

“The sun shall not smite I by day, nor the moon by night, and everything that I do shall be upfull and right.”– Bob Marley

“You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible.”– Bob Marley

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