Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.
PETER TOSHIt’s not the one-half that’s never been told; it’s the three-quarters.
More Peter Tosh Quotes
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I have no mother here; I have a bearer. Jah is my mother, and Jah is my father.
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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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It takes a lot of physical and spiritual energy to balance on one wheel. Seen?
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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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Music must never be forgotten, it’s like a fountain that keeps on flowing.
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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 would never call that teaching.
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I travel the garden of music, thru inspiration. It’s a large, very large garden, seen?
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People go to school and get educated, but most people who go to school and become a graduate in eduation still don’t know what the word ‘education’ means. ‘Educo’ means to bring out.
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My songs is hard stuff which politicians don’t want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.
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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.
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To be coordinated with the power of balance, your mind and your temple must be running parallel.
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And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, ‘love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
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I feel good to know that they recognize the potential of reggae music. And they are exposing it to the world, letting the world hear how beautiful reggae music can be.
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I’ve got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
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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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