Reggae Quotes · Page 4

To be honest, my whole life I've always been listening to rap music or reggae.

— Spencer Pratt

So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I…

— Jimmy Buffett

And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.

— Merle Haggard

Reggae is a very positive genre, it is surrounded by positive words, lyrics, people and it is known for that.

— Koffee

If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing.

— Bob Marley

I really like dancehall. I really like reggae. I'm a big fan. Bob Marley and all that.

— Natti Natasha

I listened to a lot of Jamaican vibes growing up. A lot of Bob Marley, Shabba Ranks, but also, Lil Wayne and…

— NLE Choppa

Puerto Rico got too futuristic with the electronic reggaeton. It lost the essence of the reggae music.

— Nicky Jam

Touring with my brothers and sisters in The Melody Makers I just wanted us to stand out. We were bringing something new…

— Cedella Marley

Music is creation. In reggae the lyric, the music itself, arrangement, that vibe, such melody - everything within the music moves the…

— Burning Spear

The pace that Bob Marley set in reggae music, on such a positive and widespread level, is something that I want to…

— Koffee

“Only those who’re high on the herb can truly appreciate Marley. Lean back, enjoy life and really listen to him. '…every little…

— A.K. Kuykendall

I feel positive about what I do. And, whoever is doing reggae, they have to have positive words and no negativity. They…

— Toots Hibbert

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things…

— Bob Marley

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…

— Jimmy Cliff

I listen to so much, I listen to a lot of reggae. Obviously I listen to hip-hop, that's what I make. I…

— DJ Khaled

Like, I'm trying to make a statement that clean comedy is somehow better or loftier than dirty comedy, and I don't feel…

— Brian Regan

I think that generally music should be a positive thing, I like Bob Marley's attitude: he said that his goal in life…

— Jon Fishman

My dad is a singer, so it was always either music or acting with me. All the way up through college I…

— Coby Bell

My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys…

— Michael Franti

In some ways it's hard to see electronic music as a genre because the word "electronic" just refers to how it's made.…

— Moby

Because I came from a Christian household, I listened to a lot of gospel. But when I ventured off and started listening…

— Koffee

I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And…

— Abigail Washburn

I've seen the harshest of reggae purists come give me my props because I've been at it for so long... They've seen…

— Shaggy

My thing is to get people out of the stigma of what a reggae artist should be like.

— Shaggy

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

— Gregory Isaacs

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

— Leo Sayer

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

— Bob Marley

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

— Anne Lamott

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

— Koffee

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

— Linton Kwesi Johnson

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

— Jazzie B

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

— Rita Marley

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

— Bob Marley

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

— John Lescroart

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

— Dave Willis

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

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

— Snoop Dogg

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

— Daniel Clowes