Reggae Quotes

• One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

  Bob Marley

  Funny, Music, Wisdom

  Song: Trenchtown Rock

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  You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music. If it is true music, the people will be drawn to it.

  Ziggy Marley

  Heart, Simple, People

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• Make way for the positive day.

  Bob Marley

  Rasta, Positive Vibrations, Way

  Song: Positive Vibration, Album: Rastaman Vibration

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• Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music, which is a positive way of life, which is a progressive way of life for better people.

  Ziggy Marley

  Philosophy, Ideas, People

  "Ziggy Marley Stirs Up Talk of His Latest Live Album". Interview with Kelley L. Carter, www.ebony.com. November 29, 2012.

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• This music is about struggle. Reggae is a vehicle to carry a message of freedom and peace.

  Bob Marley

  Struggle, Messages, Music Is

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• love the life you live. live the life you love.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Reggae must be lived, not played. It is a lifebeat everytime, mon

  Peter Tosh

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• Reggae, oh man. It's the ultimate music. The positivity. The musicality. The whole cultural expressionism of it. The danceability. Just the cool factor. The melody factor. Some of it comes from a religious place. If there were a competition of who makes the best religious music, it would definitely be the Rastafarian reggae.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Religious, Positivity, Men

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• None but ourselves can free our minds.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Music

  "Redemption Song" (song) (1980)

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• 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

  Taken, Wind, Forever

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  Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Family Practice" by Leigh Roche, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2015.

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• I really like the reggae concepts like the culture vibe. They speak on everything that's going on, they don't have limits. They speak on politics, they speak on life, they speak on the troubles of poverty, everything. The message, the melodies and the concepts of reggae music are unbelievable.

  Sean Kingston

  Culture, Limits, Poverty

  "Sean Kingston on writing for Rihanna, the Kanye-Taylor Swift incident, and more: A Music Mix Q&A". Interview with Joseph Brannigan Lynch, www.ew.com. September 24, 2009.

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• Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality.

  Bob Marley

  Music, Jealousy, Reality

  Song: Wake Up And Live, Album: Survival, 1979

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing.

  Bob Marley

  Easy, Live Love, Jamaican Music

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• One love, one heart, one destiny.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Anniversary, Heart

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

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Music, Wisdom

  Bob Marley (1982*). “Bob Marley & Other Sounds' Lyrics”

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• Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Life, Music

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• Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

  Bob Marley

  Tattoo, Rasta, Slavery

  "Song: 'Uprising'". 1979.

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• Don't worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Song: Three Little Birds

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• Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted.

  Ziggy Marley

  Causes, Easy, Accepted

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you lose what you love remember to stay strong. Look out the window and remember life goes on.

  Drew Chadwick

  Life, Moving On, Encouraging

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• Reggae is music of love. It has joy and pain, but it feels good.

  Snoop Dogg

  Pain, Joy, Feel Good

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• One of my good friends said, in a reggae riddim, don't jump in the water if you can't swim.

  Bob Marley

  Good Friend, Water, Swim

  Song: Misty Morning, Album: Kaya, 1978

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