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Portrait of Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh

(1944–1987) Guitarist Jamaica

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Peter Tosh was a guitarist from Jamaica, best known for Best of Peter Tosh.

Quick Facts About Peter Tosh

Born: October 19, 1944
Died: September 11, 1987
Nationality: Jamaica
Profession: Guitarist
Notable works: Best of Peter Tosh

About Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh was a Jamaican musician and reggae singer. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers (1963–1976), after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari. He was murdered in 1987 during a home invasion.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Order of Merit

Quotes by Peter Tosh · Page 2

I can't blame people, at this rate, for not wanting to volunteer.

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Some call it tampee. Some call it the weed. Some call it Marijuana. Some of them call it Ganja.

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My earthly parents don't know my potential or my divine qualities. They weren't taught how to diagnose or be aware of such…

Divine

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Our hotel is designed for guests who stay for five or more nights, but is also perfect for short stays and families…

Business

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People passing by would stop and say. Oh my oh my what the boy can play.

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Legalize it - don't criticize it. Legalize it and I will advertise it.

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

Great music

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Reggae must be lived, not played. It is a lifebeat everytime, mon

Funny

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How old is the sun? Sun not temporary, not chronological. There is the terra-celestial and the celestial. I am celestial, mon. I…

Celestial

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Because everyone who try a-go to church, and they were trying to teach but they weren't teaching, they was brainwashing. Since I…

Brainwashing

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Bird eat it and they leave it. Fowls eat it Goats love to play with it.

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I don't have to say I'm going to make a song. A song is always there. I just have to open my…

Mouths

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

Leadership

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My philosophy is: if you don't bear a cross, you can't wear a crown so you gotta go through some form of…

Bears

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Are some flowers more beautiful than others? The garden is beautiful. Do I prefer brother over brother? Comparisons are part of this…

Beautiful

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Music is a science, it heals depression, it awakens, most people don't know, they just take music for an entertainment, something to…

Bed

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It is only the TRUTH that can make a man FREE, it is only the TRUTH that can make a man LIVE.

Funny

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I love to watch television in Babylon, especially the news because it's so full of corruption. I-man know there is so much…

Corruption

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I travel the garden of music, thru inspiration. It's a large, very large garden, seen?

Garden

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Said I'm wanted, dread & alive by the evil forces. Said I'm wanted, dread & alive nowhere to hide. They are trying…

Fear

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Some goin' east; and-a some goin' west, Some stand aside to try their best. Some livin' big, but the most is livin'…

Bigs

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I have no mother here; I have a bearer. Jah is my mother, and Jah is my father.

Father

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Me is what them call illegitimate, that mean say me is a criminal, bomba rassclaat! That's why me go write a song…

Children

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General end up inna funeral, now dem want I fi come ah dem Yard! Those devils have been around for thousands of…

Right now

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I go to church because my parents go to church, and I believe the things they were doing at the time were…

Believe

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