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title: "11 Jamaican music Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Jamaican music quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Jamaican music sayings and thoughts."
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> [Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-marley/emancipate-yourself-from-mental-slavery/)

[Bob Marley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-marley/)

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> [If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-marley/if-she-s-amazing-she-won-t-be-easy-if-she-s-easy-she-won-t-be-amazing-5/)

[Bob Marley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-marley/)

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> [Basically, as a kid I grew up to a lot of good music, and part of my appreciation for music, from being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-young/basically-as-a-kid-i-grew-up-to-a-lot-of-good-music-and-part-of-my/)

[Adrian Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-young/)

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> [I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-jones/i-came-from-a-very-strict-background-and-didn-t-hear-any-jamaican/)

[Grace Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-jones/)

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> [I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-m-an-artist-and-i-m-happy-that-i-was-there-at-the-commencement-of/)

[Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/)

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> [Jamaican music can be aggressive, soulful, smooth and exciting all at once - just like hip-hop. At the same time, there's nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/jamaican-music-can-be-aggressive-soulful-smooth-and-exciting-all-at/)

[Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/)

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> [One good thing about music, when it hits-you feel no pain. ... My music fights against the system that teaches to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-marley/one-good-thing-about-music-when-it-hits-you-feel-no-pain-my-music/)

[Bob Marley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-marley/)

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> [It was the vehicle that propelled me to international stardom. ("Harder They Come") I was known as a singer/songwriter before that, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/it-was-the-vehicle-that-propelled-me-to-international-stardom-harder/)

[Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/)

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> [When I lived in the U.K., I recorded a lot of ska and rock-steady styles of Jamaican music. But people there weren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/when-i-lived-in-the-u-k-i-recorded-a-lot-of-ska-and-rock-steady/)

[Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/)

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> […the popular music of Jamaica, the music of the people, is an essentially experiential music, not merely in the sense that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linton-kwesi-johnson/the-popular-music-of-jamaica-the-music-of-the-people-is-an/)

[Linton Kwesi Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linton-kwesi-johnson/)

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> [That the language of the poetry of Jamaican music is rastafarian or biblical language cannot simply be put down to the colonizer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linton-kwesi-johnson/that-the-language-of-the-poetry-of-jamaican-music-is-rastafarian-or/)

[Linton Kwesi Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linton-kwesi-johnson/)

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