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.’
PETER TOSHEveryone’s trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.
More Peter Tosh Quotes
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Music is a science, it heals depression.
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I’m on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.
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Legalize it, and I will advertise it.
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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 things.
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There are lots of imposters in this earth, and to very first there always comes a second, to every reality there always come a fantasy, and the fantasy wants to come and live the life of the reality
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When I go to other planet, I must adjust myself there, too.
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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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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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Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.
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I am good. I live good. I think good. I don’t have to feel good to be good, I take my goodness wherever I go.
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Reggae must be lived, not played. It is a lifebeat everytime.
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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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It can be beautiful, if you just be yourself.
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Music must never be forgotten, it’s like a fountain that keeps on flowing.
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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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