QUOTES

"Bob Marley isn't my name.  I don't even know my name yet."

"I've been here before and will come again, but I'm not going this trip through."

"The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall."

"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."

"I believe in freedom for everyone, not just the black man."                

"The only truth is Rastafari."-August, 1980                                                  

"My future is righteousness."-February, 1976

"Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality."-February, 1976

"I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me."-December, 1974

"I'm a man of God and me come to do God's work."-June, 1975       

"My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die."-June ,1976

"I go to jail one time for no driver license."-February, 1976

"You have to be someone."-July, 1979

"Overcome the devils with a thing named love."-June 1975

"Well, me don't swim too tough so me don't go in the water too deep."-July, 1975

"A little wine sometimes, that's all.  Spirits (are) bad.  Alcohol wrong.  Herb does grow."-June, 1976

"I have a BMW.  But only because BMW stands for Bob Marley and The Wailers, and not because I need an expensive car."-1977

"(I drive) a jeep.  An old jeep, so nobody will say I'm driving a BMW anymore.  I couldn't stand that BMW, ha ha ha! BMW make pure trouble!"-September, 1980

Other Quotes

"Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny."


"Facts an' facts, an' t'ings an t'ings: dem's all a lotta fockin' bullshit. Hear me! Dere is no truth but de one truth, an' that is the truth of Jah Rastafari."


"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."

"Facts an' facts, an' t'ings an t'ings: dem's all a lotta fockin' bullshit. Hear me! Dere is no truth but de one"

"don´t forget yor history nor your destiny."


"in the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty."


"the harder the battle the sweet of jah victory."


"open your eyes & look within, are you satisfied with the life you´reliving."


"in this great future you can`t forget your past."


"If you get down and quarrel everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say."


"Just can't live that negative way...make way for the positive day!"


"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."


"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!"


"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."


"Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally discredited and
abandoned...WAR! So that is prophecy, and everyone know that is truth. And it came out of the mouth of Rastafari."


"The first thing you must know about me is that I always stand what I stand for. Good? The second thing you must know about yourself listening to me is that words are tricky. So when you know what me a stand for, when me explain a thing to you, you must never try to look 'pon it in a different way from what me a stand for."


"Me only have one ambition, yuh 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."


"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind..."


"The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow."


"You can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people
all the time."


"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold..."


"When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can't take the pace."


"Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, Live to fight another day"


"The power of philosophy floats through my head, Light like a feather, Heavy as Led"