Bob Marley Quotes on Life, Love, and Happiness

“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.”

“Don’t trust people whose feelings change with time. Trust people whose feelings remain the same, even when the time changes.”

“Every day the bucket a-go a well, one day the bottom a-go drop out.”—I Shot The Sheriff, from the album Burnin’ (1973)

“Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.”

“Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.”

In the late 1960s, Marley became a Rastafarian and this heavily influenced his music. During the 1970s, Marley formed the band Bob Marley and the Wailers. The group produced several successful albums that reached the masses and introduced the world to reggae music.
On May 11th, 1981, Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36. Although his life was tragically short, his musical talents live on.
These Bob Marley quotes aptly capture his spirituality and beliefs.

“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.” —Them Belly Full (But We Hungry), from the album Natty Dread (1974)

“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?”—Interview (1979) with Dylan Taite in Aotearoa, New Zealand.