Reggae Quotes · Page 5

I make reggae music because my inspiration comes from reggae music. All my inspiration is firstly reggae music.

— Koffee

I grew up in a house full of music. Everything from reggae and afro-beat to Zook and pop.

— Estelle

Mama said son you gotta be a man. You gotta be the leader of a reggae band.

— Peter Tosh

My music stems from reggae of course, but it's an influence of everything.

— Skip Marley

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 listen to everything, but rap and reggae are probably my main two.

— Marlon Vera

Me gusta el reggae, me gusta punk rock, pero la cosa que me gusta mas es panochinta.

— Brad Nowell

I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae.

— Anne Lamott

When we do reggae, it's normally a one-chord or a two-chord, or whatever it is. With Sting, there'll be chord changes, key…

— Shaggy

Bob Marley was always ready to deal with the politics of what was happening in the world but, at the same time,…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that the whole…

— Matisyahu

I think that to a great degree, reggae companies have become very corporate and so maybe some don't have that freedom to…

— Stevie Wonder

I'm the renegade of funk. I've made house, techno, rock, funk, reggae... That's why I've been on so many different labels.

— Afrika Bambaataa

Bob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and…

— Colbie Caillat

I like textures and tones. Sometimes, it will be a melodic feedback from a song or something. I like warm, ethereal sounds.…

— Alexander Spit

There's no real music scene in Guyana, but there's a music space. So there's no scene because there's no economy for it,…

— Saint Jhn

People are like, 'What do you mean you don't listen to 115 different types of music?'. You can't just listen to The…

— Adam Faulkner

The most inspiring drummer for me is Stewart Copeland from The Police. The Police are the first band I can remember really…

— Panda Bear

When I recognised reggae as a part of my culture, listening to Chronixx and Protoje and their messaging, realising also that they're…

— Koffee

Rap is the only super-current music. If you're into reggae or dancehall, and you don't know Bob Marley, then you don't really…

— Ad-Rock

One good thing about music, when it hits-you feel no pain. ... My music fights against the system that teaches to live…

— Bob Marley

Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it's like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more…

— Bob Marley

I love reggae because of its messages. Bob Marley sings so many positive, impactful songs, he raises people's consciousness. Artists like Chronixx,…

— Koffee

I can't even speak Hawaiian, but if you go there and listen to a Hawaiian song, you get captured because it's so…

— Bruno Mars

Bob Marley was one of my favourite artists. He sang politically conscious lyrics, yet he sang love songs, too.

— Gregory Isaacs

This music is about struggle. Reggae is a vehicle to carry a message of freedom and peace.

— Bob Marley

I spent some time with Bob Marley and I have to say that was like walking with a god on earth.

— Leo Sayer

I believe that reggae music has always been a source of healing.

— Koffee

They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of…

— Bob Marley

I'm not a big reggae dude. I have maybe two other reggae albums.

— Dave Willis

I love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk.

— John Lescroart

What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time,…

— Bob Marley

It has always been the wish of Bob Marley to return to Ethiopia and become a Rastafarian.

— Rita Marley

Everybody just lets the media do their thinking for them... that's why you'll never hear any reggae on the radio!

— Daniel Clowes

Reggae is music of love. It has joy and pain, but it feels good.

— Snoop Dogg

Reggae will definitely progress, not only in terms of what it accomplishes.

— Koffee

Music and fashion really do go hand in hand. This is even going back to the reggae days.

— Jazzie B

Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon.

— Linton Kwesi Johnson

Can you imagine he went to rest at the age of 36, and 30 years after he's still coming out with music…

— Rita Marley

Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the struggle of people, and the…

— Burning Spear