Reggae Quotes · Page 5

I have a B.M.W. but only because it stands for Bob Marley and the Wailers and not because I need an expensive…

— Bob Marley

I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae.

— B.o.B

Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.

— Wyclef Jean

Bob Marley's in every new day. There's not one day that his music is not played all over the world.

— Rita Marley

Before I knew what hip-hop was, I listened to rock, metal, punk, reggae and old soul. I loved Black Sabbath.

— B-Real

I love a lot of reggae, but I've never had the opportunity to play with any reggae guys.

— Billy Sheehan

I worked in reggae, hip-hip, jazz, funk - all the music I used to relate to.

— Mark Morrison

If you listen to all my earlier stuff, it wasn't 'authentic reggae,' so to speak.

— Shaggy

I got into dub a long time ago. I was into dub before I even had any interest in reggae or Jamaican…

— Bill Laswell

I suppose reggae has always been a hopeful way to protest, and just because the world's tragic doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

— Dave Wakeling

I see dancehall reggae and hip-hop as fused together, When I was a kid, they were the two kinds of music that…

— Sean Paul

I have to give credit to my mum for my music taste. She's white and Welsh but she listens to dancehall, reggae,…

— AJ Tracey

Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music.…

— Ziggy Marley

Sound has always followed me. A lot of reggae when mum was cooking. I'd write songs with my dad or play him…

— Jorja Smith

People are beginning to recognize reggae music, and know it's a very powerful music, and researchers have been researching and coming up…

— Peter Tosh

Sometimes I'm in Boston or Washington or Chicago and think I'm in Jamaica because I hear more reggae on the radio in…

— Rita Marley

Our past as well as our future. It could have been completely destroyed when we were brought to the New World as…

— Randy Weston

Growing up, I was definitely surrounded by music all the time. My parents used to always play music; my dad used to…

— Stefflon Don

I describe me sound as international: reggae, pop, rap, R&B all in one. I think I have my own style. I can't…

— Sean Kingston

His voice was an omnipresent cry in our electronic world. His sharp features, majestic looks, and prancing style a vivid etching on…

— Edward Seaga

You have to be logical and use international words so people can relate to reggae music. I'm the inventor of the word…

— Toots Hibbert

You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life…

— Bob Marley

Rastafarianism and reggae music have always kind of resonated with me. Those ideas of redemption, liberation and overcoming oppression through music, weed…

— Conor Oberst

If reggae comes from another country, you can have the relationship to reggae that I have to rock. But it's something I…

— Marlon James

It's important that my music makes a positive impact on my country, the reggae genre and the world.

— Koffee

We should really love each other in peace and harmony, instead we're fussin' n fighting like we ain't supposed to be.

— Bob Marley

In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.

— Bruno Mars

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

— Marlon Vera

I don't know how you can go your whole life and not listen once to Bob Marley - what's the point?

— Jon Fishman

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

— Skip Marley

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

— Peter Tosh

Reggae music really chills me out in my dressing-room before I head on stage.

— Ella Henderson

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

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

— Brad Nowell

I love a lot of reggae, but Ive never had the opportunity to play with any reggae guys.

— Billy Sheehan

A lot of Indian musicians settled abroad are fusing Indian music with reggae which I find very impressive.

— Liz Mitchell

A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.

— Wyclef Jean

I don't watch TV. Only while I'm doing it do I see it, really. So I don't know anything. I only know…

— Greg Cipes

My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way,…

— Nas