Reggae must be lived, not played. It is a lifebeat everytime, mon — Peter Tosh
This music is about struggle. Reggae is a vehicle to carry a message of freedom and peace. — Bob Marley
Reggae music isn't Jewish, but a lot of the ideas are. — Matisyahu
I feel good to know that they recognize the potential of reggae music. And they are exposing it to the world, letting the world hear how beautiful reggae music can be. — Peter Tosh
Soon the earth will tilt on its axis and begin to dance to the reggae beat to the accompaniment of earthquake. And who can resist the dance of the earthquake, mon? — Peter Tosh
I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe. — Sean Paul
While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself. — Roland Gift
Jamaica's probably the most dominant island as far as influence goes, as far as music and dancing and culture. — Joey Badass
I hope you get a message of love and to continue the love and continue the spirit that I'm trying to transmit to you in a righteous sense to be in one unity. Rastafari! — Sizzla
Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues. — Sean Paul
Don't you complicate your mind
Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. — Bob Marley
Love hard when there is love to be had. — Bob Marley
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. — Bob Marley
One love, one heart, one destiny. — Bob Marley
Reggae Image Quotes
Reggae Music Quotes
You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? — Bob Marley
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
It seems like people get afraid of a certain music if they can't pigeonhole it to their satisfaction... Good music is good music, and that should be enough for anybody. — Bradley Nowell
Overcome the devils with a thing called love. — Bob Marley
My dad is a singer, so it was always either music or acting with me. All the way up through college I was doing both, and even after college I was in a reggae band. Then the acting really started taking off, so the music had to become a hobby. — Coby Bell
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
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
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
If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. — Bob Marley
People are beginning to recognize reggae music, and know it's a very powerful music, and researchers have been researching and coming up with reports that it's a great music, a healing music — Peter Tosh
Jamaican Music Quotes
The UK is one of the places that has always been an advocate of my music and I spend a lot of time touring here. I've got family and friends over here, but more than that, there's a large Jamaican community and the Jamaican culture is very widespread in the UK which I love. — Damian Marley
I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up. — Grace Jones
Jamaican music can be aggressive, soulful, smooth and exciting all at once - just like hip-hop. At the same time, there's nothing like Jamaica in the United States. Jamaica is its own thing. — Nas
Basically, as a kid I grew up to a lot of good music, and part of my appreciation for music, from being a small child, was appreciating Jamaican music. — Adrian Young
I'm a Canadian Jamaican. For me, I carry my Jamaican element into my music in my more recent releases. — Kreesha Turner
I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my contribution and help to establish it. — Jimmy Cliff
To me our music is like Jamaican stuff - if they can't hear it, they're not supposed to hear it. It's not for them if they can't understand it. — Joe Strummer
Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you've never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. — Bob Marley
Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you. — Bob Marley
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 singularity 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. — Bob Marley
You open your heart knowing that there's a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. — Bob Marley
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. — Bob Marley
I don't condemn and I don't convert. I've been searching through books and bibles to find what this life is worth, and I've made up my mind: Love is my religion. You can take it or leave it, and you don't have to believe it. Love is my religion — Ziggy Marley
Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon. — Linton Kwesi Johnson
Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. — Bob Marley
Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. — Bob Marley
When you lose what you love remember to stay strong. Look out the window and remember life goes on. — Drew Chadwick
We should really love each other in peace and harmony, instead we're fussin' n fighting like we ain't supposed to be. — Bob Marley
Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and 'retro' clothing in Hong Kong; knowledge is a matter of TV games. It is easy to find a public for eclectic works. — Jean-Francois Lyotard
the power of philosophy floats through my head.. light like a feather, heavy as lead. — Bob Marley
When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can't take the peace. — Bob Marley
In their presence, there's no need for continuous conversation, but you find you're quite content in just having them nearby. — Bob Marley
Man can't do without God. Just like you're thirsty, you have to drink water. You just can't go without God. — Bob Marley
Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, Live to fight another day — Bob Marley
Sometimes you have to fight with music. — Bob Marley
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