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When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley; you mostly hear dance hall music. -- Michael Franti
I don't know if music has ever achieved anything past appealing to the people that it appeals to. If a song could stop a war, then Bob Marley and Bob Dylan songs would have stopped one or two. -- Henry Rollins
Bob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and the style of the music - it takes your worries away and makes you feel good, and I think that's what music is about. -- Colbie Caillat
Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet. -- Bob Marley
I would never say that being Bob Marley's son has been a pressure. It has been a door opener. -- Damian Marley
I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right. -- Ziggy Marley
A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to. -- Wyclef Jean
I went deep inside myself. I had time to explore my beliefs and because of that I'm stronger. Bob Marley (March 1981) -- Bob Marley
I have always said I was Bob Marley reincarnated, -- Snoop Dogg
Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior. -- Yannick Noah
You know you're a stoner when your friends make you a Bob Marley cake. -- Miley Cyrus
Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers. -- Wyclef Jean
Marley' does what is probably the best possible job of documenting an important life. -- Roger Ebert
I'd love to work with Michael Buble, with Tony Bennett, with Damian Marley, with Andrea Bocelli. -- Kat Dahlia
There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible. -- Wyclef Jean
I'm all about that money, dress like everyday sunny, rolling weed like a Marley, smile like everything funny. -- Wiz Khalifa
In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley. -- Bruno Mars
But can a song stop a war? If Bob Marley and Bob Dylan couldn't do it, it can't be done. -- Henry Rollins
I don't know how you can go your whole life and not listen once to Bob Marley - what's the point? -- Jon Fishman
I don't think you could pull one Bob Marley song that didn't have quotes from the Torah or the Old Testament. -- Matisyahu
There's something really powerful when I, for example, hear Bob Marley's 'Exodus' - we know where we're going. We know where we're from. -- Matisyahu
Nobody was interested in playing Bob Marley on the radio. We had to tour him - that was the only way it could work. -- Chris Blackwell
Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that the whole thing is not about style. It's about music. -- Matisyahu
When I was 17, I listened to reggae music. I loved Bob Marley. I started growing dreadlocks. It's always been my way, that the outside matches what's going on with me inside. -- Matisyahu
I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley. -- Spike Lee
From the first time I heard Bob Marley or even Sublime, I wanted to move out to California and be near the ocean, start surfing, start being a part of that whole thing. -- Brendon Urie
A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. -- John Grogan
That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool. -- Wyclef Jean
Bob Marley is one of the most recognized artists. He didn't care to be defined. People wondered, 'Is it reggae? Is it rock?' But at the end of the day they were still playing his music and that's what matters. -- Melanie Fiona
I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realize that now. -- R. Kelly
I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realise that now. -- R. Kelly
Marley is someone before his time, man. He's - he's almost - he's like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean? I just talk about what's going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down. -- Nas
I think that generally music should be a positive thing, I like Bob Marley's attitude: he said that his goal in life was to single handedly fight all the evil in the world with nothing but music, and when he went to a place he didn't go to play, he went to conquer. -- Jon Fishman
I am a leader, so leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right. -- Ziggy Marley
Marley was dead: to begin with. -- Charles Dickens
I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap. -- Francesca Annis
In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley. -- Charles Dickens
I can put in Bob Marley's music now, and it's still relevant. -- Tessanne Chin
I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made. -- Kamala Harris
Ted' made me nearly cry. It's kind of like 'Marley and Me.' -- Niall Horan
'Marley' does what is probably the best possible job of documenting an important life. -- Roger Ebert
Old Marley was dead as a doornail... The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile. -- Charles Dickens
I would love to meet Bob Marley. I mean, he's passed, but that's somebody that I would've loved to meet. -- Ice Cube
I was keenly aware that everybody would have loved for me to do a close sequel or a spin-off to 'Marley and Me.' -- John Grogan
Marley was dead, to begin with ... This must be distintly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate. -- Charles Dickens
I'm a huge reggae fan. I want to go to Jamaica and make, like, Bob Marley 'One Love' positive songs. That's what the world needs. -- Jenny Lewis
There's more of gravey than grave about you, whatever you are!" - Scrooge, referring to Marley's ghost which he believes is a hallucination from food poisoning -- Charles Dickens
Of course they had more chains on him than Scrooge saw on Marley's ghost, but he could have kicked up dickens if he'd wanted. That's a pun, son. -- Stephen King
I think you're wrong.""Well I think you're naive," Hayley snapped."Maybe," Marley conceded, starting to walk away. "But I'd rather be that than a bully like you. -- Kate Lattey
I'm a huge Bob Marley fan; I remember going to Jamaica for the first time when I was a kid and I got so obsessed with the steel drums. -- Matthew Morrison
You're not there to spread any particular- if you're Bob Marley you're there to spread a message, but very few people can do that effectively without shoving opinions down someone's throat. -- Jon Fishman
When the music hits, you feel no pain, to quote Bob Marley. But itâ??s true. Itâ??s like all art and creation: Youâ??re completely in the moment, and you just feel free. -- Cory Monteith
I've always associated consciousness with artists like Bob Marley or Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan. You know, artists that really talked about what was going on in the world and really artists that are timeless. -- Will Ferrell
Marley and Me' was a book I was proud of and believed in, but I thought it would just have a modest audience because it is such a personal story about my marriage and my family. -- John Grogan
When I wrote 'Marley & Me,' I had a clear audience in mind. And it did not include children. I wrote my book for adults and assumed only adults, and possibly teenagers, would be drawn to it. -- John Grogan
I remember when I was 14, I went to race in Hungary, and I went to a concert, and they were playing Bob Marley songs, and I thought, "Wow, this guy is so special." It's Marley every time. -- Usain Bolt
I got into dub a long time ago. I was into dub before I even had any interest in reggae or Jamaican songs, Bob Marley, or any of those established artists. I just thought it was such an unusual sound. -- Bill Laswell
I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don't know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them. -- Bruno Mars
I have always been a huge fan of reggae music. I remember going to see Bob Marley And The Wailers at the Hammersmith Odeon when I was 13. I went with my big sister, Cordelia, and it remains the most wonderful concert I've ever been to. -- Amanda Donohoe
I definitely want to work with Thom Yorke. I want to work with Damien Marley; there's a few international artists I wouldn't mind working with - like Massacre Children would be ill, and I still have an affinity for the U.K. hip hop scene. -- Lupe Fiasco
When I was a teenager, black pride became newly popular again. Suddenly a lot of black people were wearing the fake kente cloth and red black and green and Bob Marley. That was sort of my window into finding my own identity as a black person. -- W. Kamau Bell
If I'm doing a concert, and I'm having a problem with the audience... I just play a Bob Marley song, and I'm good for the rest of the night. -- Ziggy Marley
Bob Marley songs are my songs. These are the songs that have been passed on to me. Let me say, I wear my family crest, and I represent my family to the fullest. -- Stephen Marley
Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop. -- Mos Def
I have this dog named Marley, and it is a kind of love I had never known. I have a hard time believing Marley did not come from my body. I know that sounds insane, but I feel that connected to her. She made me realize I wanted to adopt children. -- Edie Falco
Imagine if someone like John Lennon or Bob Marley, Sid Vicious, Picasso, whomever, were doing their work, and some corporation, some CEO, some branding entity was saying to you, 'Well, you can do that, but you've got to remove this aspect of your work.' There would no longer be that purity anymore. -- Madonna Ciccone
Today, I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don't know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them, from 'Redemption Song' to 'Is This Love?' and 'I Shot the Sheriff.' -- Bruno Mars
Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. -- Charles Dickens
I can't even speak Hawaiian, but if you go there and listen to a Hawaiian song, you get captured because it's so beautiful, like the melody is just gorgeous and you know Bob Marley is on the radio every single day. It's very reggae-influenced down there. Basically, you haven't been to paradise if you haven't been to Hawaii. -- Bruno Mars
Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art. -- Talib Kweli
His voice was an omnipresent cry in our electronic world. His sharp features, majestic looks, and prancing style a vivid etching on the landscape of our minds. Bob Marley was never seen. He was an experience which left an indelible imprint with each encounter. Such a man cannot be erased from the mind. He is part of the collective consciousness of the nation. -- Edward Seaga
So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach -- Jimmy Buffett

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