Bob Marley słynne cytaty
Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I would really like to see happen. I'd like to see mankind live together – black, white, Chinese, everyone – that's all. (ang.)
Jam's about my pride and truth I cannot hide
Too Keep you satisfied.
True love that now exist is the love I can't resist
So jam by my side.(ang.)
Źródło: Jammin, album Exodus (1977)
Bob Marley Cytaty o ludziach
This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last
Many more will have to suffer
Many more will have to die don't ask me why (ang.)
Źródło: Natural Mystic
Przeciw czemu?
All dese governments and dis an' dat, dese people that say they're here to help, why them say you cannot smoke the herb? Herb... herb is a plant, ya know? And when me check it, me can't find no reason. All them say is, 'it make ya rebel'. AGAINST WHAT? (ang.)
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
Most people think,
Great God will come from the skies,
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high.
But if you know what life is worth,
You will look for yours on earth (ang.)
Źródło: Get Up, Stand Up; album Ambition (1981).
„Im więcej ludzi pali zioło, tym bardziej Babilon upada.”
The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall. (ang.)
Bob Marley cytaty
„Mój dom jest w mojej głowie, mój dom jest zawsze tam, gdzie ja.”
My home is in my head, my home is always where I am. (ang.)
„Żaden człowiek nie może przewodzić drugiemu, musimy być jednością.”
No man can lead man, we have to have unity. (ang.)
„Nigdy więcej słodkich słów z ust marionetek,
nigdy więcej słodkich słów z ust hipokrytów.”
No more sweet talk from a puppet
no more sweet talk from the hypocrits (ang.)
Źródło: Can't Take Them Slogans No More, album Africa Unite (2005)
I drive a jeep. An old jeep, so nobody will say I'm driving a BMW anymore. I couldn't stand that BMW, ha ha ha! BMW make pure trouble! (ang.)
Old pirates, yes, they rob i;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took i
From the bottomless pit (ang.)
Źródło: Redemption Song
„Kobieta zakryła twarz i płakała,
Jej syn został postrzelony na ulicy i umarł
Tylko z powodu systemu”
Woman hold her head and cried,
As her son had been shot down in the street and died
Just because of the system (ang.)
Źródło: Johnny Was
Sheriff john brown always hated me,
For what, I dont know:
Every time I plant a seed,
He said kill it before it grow –
He said kill them before they grow (ang.)
Źródło: I shot the Sheriff
„Nie mam wykształcenia ale za to mam inspiracje. Jeśli posiadałbym wykształcenie byłbym durniem.”
Me got no education, me got inspiration. If I was educated I'd be a damn fool. (ang.)
Got to put aside them segregation
Got to put aside them organisation
We got to put aside them denomination
Or there will never be no love at all
There will never be no love at all (ang.)
Źródło: One Foundation, album Burnin’ (1973)
„Tworzenie muzyki, to życie przez które muszę przejść.”
To make music is a life that I have to live (ang.)
Uh! open your eyes and look within:
Are you satisfied (with the life youre living)? uh!
We know where were going, uh!
We know where were from.
Were leaving babylon,
Were going to our father land (ang.)
Źródło: Exodus
Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs; Redemption songs.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery!
None but ourselves can free our minds!
(…)
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? (ang.)
Źródło: Redemption song, album Uprising (1980)
„Gdyby marihuana była legalna, nie było by takiej przyjemności z jej palenia.”
If marijuana would be legalized, there wouldn't be pleasure for smoking. (ang.)
„Dobre chwile dzisiejszego dnia są smutnymi wspomnieniami jutra.”
The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow (ang.)
„Wiem, że nie wiesz ile życie naprawdę jest warte.”
I know you don't know, what life is really worth (ang.)
Źródło: Get Up, Stand Up
„Moja muzyka walczy przeciwko systemowi, który uczy żyć i umierać.”
My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die. (ang.)
„To nie my jesteśmy przeciwko systemowi, tylko system przeciwko nam.”
It not we against the system, it the system against we. (ang.)
Bob Marley: Cytaty po angielsku

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”
Wariant: You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice...
“Love the life you live.
Live the life you love.”
Wariant: Love the life you live. Live the life you love.
Wariant: 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? She's not perfect — you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break — her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.
Could you be loved
Uprising (1979)
Wariant: I know that I'm not perfect and that I don't claim to be,
so before you point your fingers make sure your hands are clean.
Kontekst: Who are you to judge the life I live?
I know that I'm not perfect and that I don't claim to be,
so before you point your fingers make sure your hands are clean.
Wariant: If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont 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.
Źródło: Guitar Chord Songbook - Bob Marley

“Don't worry about a thing,
'Cos every little thing is gonna be alright.”
Three Little Birds, from the album Exodus (1977)
Song lyrics
“The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.”
Wariant: The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
“One love, one heart,
Let's get together and feel alright.”
One Love (cowritten with Curtis Mayfield), from the album Exodus, originally recorded on The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Song lyrics
Źródło: Bob Marley - Legend
“When one door is closed, many more is open.”
Coming in from the Cold, from the album Confrontation
Song lyrics
“Ev'rything's gonna be alright
So, no woman, no cry.”
Disputed, No Woman, No Cry, from the album Natty Dread (1974)