Bob Marley

Bob Marley

06-Feb-1945


Jamaica


Songwriter

In 1963, Bob Marley and his associates built the Wailing Wailers. The Wailers' biggest break came in 1972 when they signed a contract with Island Record. Marley went on to sell more than 20 million records throughout his career, making him the first international star to be called Third World.

QUOTES BY Bob Marley


The harder the battle the sweeter the victory.

“Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.” – Bob Marley

“I don’t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.”

“When one door is closed, don’t you know, another is open.”

“Don’t gain the world and lose your soul. Wisdom is better than silver and gold.”

“In this great future, you can’t forget your past.” —No Woman, No Cry, from the album Natty Dread (1974)

“A hungry mob is an angry mob.”

“All dese governments and dis this and that, these people that say they’re here to help, why them say you cannot smoke the herb? Herb… herb is a plant, you know? And when me check it, me can’t find no reason.” “All them say is, ‘it make you rebel’. Against what?”

“As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.”

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