Talk:Bob Marley

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-I think that's very uncomplete, there only are song lyrics. Why there aren't, for example, sentences from interwievs?-HTriana

bob marley was important for his music

he played guitar and sang, was a song writer, and a reggae legand

hey can someone source these quotes? Maybe they're not all legitimate

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  • The people, who were trying to make this world worse... are not taking a day off. How can I? Light up the darkness.
    • On stage at "Smile Jamaica" concert, when asked how he could perform when he was shot two days earlier
  • A little wine sometimes. Spirits are bad, alcohol wrong. Herb does grow.
  • Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.


  • Every man think his burden is the heaviest, who feels it knows it, lord.
  • Football is a whole skill to itself. A whole world. A whole universe to itself. Me love it because you have to be skillful to play it. Freedom! Football is freedom.
  • 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.
  • Love the life you live, live the life you love.
  • You can cure racism and hate by injecting music and love into people’s lives.


  • Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for. (He never said this and I don't know where this started)

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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.
    • All over Facebook and web, but only in the last couple of years. Certainly doesn't sound like his voice, even if it roughly coordinates with his attitude. --Dhartung (talk) 20:52, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Redemption Song[edit]

I've just read that "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind" from the Redemption Song originally were Marcus Garveys words (http://www.rasta-man-vibration.com/marcus-garvey.html). Does anyone know if this is true and if it should be mentioned? --109.90.228.2 15:29, 30 June 2012 (UTC)Judy