Bob Marley

Reggae legend

Modern influential 93 sayings

Sayings by Bob Marley

I have a right to speak my mind. I don't care what nobody says.

1970s — Interview
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My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when I know facts I can say facts. My music will go on forever.

1980 — Interview with Capital Radio
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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.

1970s — Interview
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I want to be a soldier, but I don't want to kill. I want to be a soldier of love.

1970s — Attributed
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The stone that the builder refused will always be the head cornerstone.

1970s — Song lyrics, 'Corner Stone'
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You can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people all the time.

1973 — Song lyrics, 'Get Up, Stand Up'
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Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

1970s (released posthumously) — Song lyrics, 'Iron Lion Zion'
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Rastafari is not a culture, it's a reality.

1970s — Interview
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The more you live, the more you learn. The more you learn, the more you realize, the less you know.

1970s — Attributed
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The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

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The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race.

1970s — Attributed
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If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you won't give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ...Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

1970s — Attributed
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My father is a white man. My mother is a black woman. I am a half-caste. But I don't see myself as a half-caste. I see myself as a whole man.

1970s — Interview
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I don't need no money. I need freedom.

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You just can't live that negative way... make way for the positive day.

1976 — Song lyrics, 'Positive Vibration'
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It takes a revolution to make a solution.

1974 — Song lyrics, 'Revolution'
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We're not here to be perfect. We're here to be real.

1970s — Attributed
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Don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little thing gonna be alright.

1977 — Song lyrics, 'Three Little Birds'
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Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you got it, you can't be free.

1970s — Attributed
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In this bright future, you can't forget your past.

1974 — Song lyrics, 'No Woman, No Cry'
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