Reggae must be lived, not played. It is a lifebeat everytime.
PETER TOSHMy mother and father didn’t know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and say, ‘My, the man play that guitar nice.’
More Peter Tosh Quotes
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I’ve got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
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I am not a politician. I only suffer the consequences.
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I don’t owe no one no obligation, and no one owe me none so every ‘ting is fine.
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Is word, sound, and power that break down de barriers of oppression an drive away transgression and rule equality.
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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 called ‘Illegitimate Children.’ It took me years to find out I was one.
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I do nothing I regret, man, because I try to do nothing abominable. As long as there is not an abomination, there is nothing to regret, you understand?
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I travel the garden of music, thru inspiration. It’s a large, very large garden, seen?
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I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with that divine spirit the flesh cannot fade. If the spirit is weak then the flesh fade, seen?
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When I play for the people, every time I play for my audience they are hypnotized, seen. These guys know the potential of the music.
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I man don’t come red, I come Black
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I’m on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.
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It can be beautiful, if you just be yourself.
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Soon the earth will tilt on its axis and begin to dance to the reggae beat to the accompaniment of earthquake.
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My mother and father didn’t know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and say, ‘My, the man play that guitar nice.’
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I was born with music inside of me, and that was the first flower that bloomed on my tree, but I was the highest key in my school and also the lowest key, seen?
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