Bob Marley Quotes
25 quotes
Bob Marley
Jamaican reggae musician and Rastafarian
25 Quotes
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds
— Redemption Song
Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction
— Live Interview, 1979
My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die
— Interview, 1979
Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for
— Interview, 1970s
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain
— Trenchtown Rock
None but ourselves can free our minds
— Redemption Song
Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold
— Zion Train, Uprising (album, 1980)
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
— Get Up, Stand Up
None of them can stop the time
— Redemption Song, Uprising (album, 1980)
Babylon is everywhere. You have wrong and you have right, and wrong is what we call Babylon
— Interview, Time Magazine
None but ourselves can free our souls
— Redemption Song - Uprising (Album)
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny
— Zimbabwe (Song)
The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her
— Interview, Vogue Magazine
None of my songs are my own, my songs are the songs of the people
— Interview, Rolling Stone Magazine
Love the life you live. Live the life you love
— Jamming (Song)
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living
— Exodus (Song)
If you get down and quarrel every day, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say
— Positive Vibration - Rastaman Vibration (Album)
When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open
— Coming In From The Cold
The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I
— Interview, 1976
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
— Said in interviews; featured in Bob Marley Messenger (exhibition and book)
Just can't live that negative way... make way for the positive day
— Positive Vibration (Song Lyrics)
Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war
— War - Rastaman Vibration (Album)
Rastafari is not a culture, it's a reality
— Interview, NME Magazine
In this bright future you can't forget your past
— No Woman, No Cry, Natty Dread (album, 1974)
Live for yourself and you will live in vain; live for others, and you will live again
— Pass It On - Burnin' (Album)