“Know the use of herb and know that it has been created for the use of man and not animals. It was created for meditation, high meditation and to ease complication and depression of the mind. The amount of uses herb have, it’s incomparable. By knowing the good herb does for man, I see no reason why it should be taken away, banned or called illegal, and man should not be incriminated or brutalized because of the use of it. I went through years of humiliation and police brutality for herb. I’m not a criminal and the world knows it. Making music is my occupation.” Aug 1976

“I relationship is always deh, and every man relationship suppose to be deh. But…I don’t like the administration. It begin since we start deal with Chris Blackwell. We begin as The Wailers, as a three in one. It wasn’t Bob Marley and the Wailers, it was The Wailers, three man, seen? Is so we go to Chris Blackwell as The Wailers. Three o’we sign the contract, a no Bob alone sign it. Hear me now man, from we start work fe Chris Blackwell is just pure segregation according to my views with his philosophy towards Bob and the group. Him want to administrate as if is a single man him a deal with: Bob. Him no see me and Bunny”, Sept 1976

“Every time I smoke the herb that’s the time I enter into channels where unpolluted inspiration come from”, Aug 1976

“Reggae music, the living music…is being recognised by more and more people throughout the world as a liberating force. It will be the music to rescue the music business and keep them from going into the restaurant business to make money”, Aug 1976

“The roots of reggae. It’s a different, solid beat which comes from the heart. Roots music is the highest form, the highest class…a sophisticated musicin which you can place all kinds of ideas, as long as you keep the roots, which is the bass, the drums, reggae guitar and the strumming ‘pon the piano to hold the foundation of the tune”, Aug 1976

“ Death to disco man. I am here to make reggae the international music because disco doesn’t have the spiritual potential of reggae. The devil created disco, telling black people to ‘get down, get down’. All the time, but I man say to black people: ‘Get up, stand up up for your right.’ Sept 1979

“ Herb ‘ave fe free in a Jamaica man, ‘cause me know say ninety-nine and three quarters percent of Jamaica smoke herb. And the quarter wha’ no blood claat smoke it, them drink the tea!” Sept 1979

“I’m a man that expects the unexpected. There’s nothing that surprises me, because I learn and I know the earth is my father and the fullness thereof. That mean that everything that you see on earth, material, prematerial or immaterial is my fathers” Oct 76

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