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I decided to make a page of my favorite Bob Marley quotes, his music has had a big influence on my life, even though he died before I was even born. If you have ever heard his music, you know how powerful his lyrics, and voice can be. He spoke many wise words in his time, most were immortalized in his music, and others in books and from person to person, I hope I can help spread some of his wise words around to other people that might not have heard them. There are also a few videos at the bottom of the page if you want to check them out, including a 90 minute documentary about him.
A bit about Bob Marley:
Bob Marley was born on february 6th, 1945 - He was a Jamaican musician, song writer, and Rastafarian. In 1964 he became the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for The Wailers, 10 years later in 1974 they became known as Bob Marley & The Wailers. Bob Marley died on May 11th 1981 from cancer. His amazing reggae music and message of love have spread all around the world, and nearly 30 years after his death he remains one of the most popular and influentual musicians. You can learn more via Wikipedia’s Bob Marley article
“One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain”
“Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?”
“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!”
“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”
“Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold…”
“The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.”
“When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.”
“In this bright future you can’t forget your past.”
“Don’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright”
“You ain’t gonna miss your water until your well runs dry”
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!”
“Just can’t live that negative way…make way for the positive day!”
“Don’t forget your history nor your destiny”
“If you get down and quarrel everyday, you’re saying prayers to the devil, I say”
“Hey mister music, sure sounds good to me I can’t refuse it what to be got to be”
“When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can’t take the pace”
“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.”
“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.”
“Excuse me while I light my spliff good God I gotta take a lift”
“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.”
“When one door is closed, don’t you know, another is open.”
“The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.”
"Bob Marley isn’t my name. I don’t even know my name yet."
"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! "
"Man is a universe within himself."
"Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?"
"Tell the children the truth. "
"The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow. "
"When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself. "
"Your worst enemy could be your best friend, and your best friend your worst enemy"
"You smoke herb in Zimbabwe? Yeh, One night we go to a soldier place and a guerilla call out to me and give me a touch of something…and that was it. No wonder they won the war! Tell ya boy, dem mon smoke some good herb mon! De tell me they smoke that herb and feel brave. Them tell me it make them…invisible"
"We should really love each other in peace and harmony, instead we’re fussin’ n fighting like we ain’t supposed to be "
"Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold"
"The power of philosophy floats through my head, light like a feather, heavy as lead"
"The authorities tell you that you mustn’t smoke herb because it’s bad for you. Yet if they catch you at it they’ll carry you off to prison. I think it’s better to be smoking herb out here free than being in prison"
"Oh Mockingbird have you ever heard words that I’ve never heard"
"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"
"I have a BMW. But only because BMW stands for Bob Marley and The Wailers, and not because I need an expensive car"
"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!"
I hope you enjoyed the quotes, and learned a little bit along the way 
Here are some Bob Marley videos hosted by google and youtube:
Video: 90 Minute Bob Marley Documentary:
Video: "Stir Ir Up" by Bob Marley - Performed Live:
Video: "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley - Performed Live:
June 10th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Thanks for the quotes, you’ve got quite a few other sites havn’t!
Bob is a total legend and inspires me to no end!
One love!
June 16th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I love bob marley his music and quotes are some of the most insperational things ever. But you should realy get I shot the sheriff. It`s a very good song.My parents don`t suport me listening to it but I don`t realy care.