Bob Marley wrote hundreds of songs in his relatively short life. His best-known songs dealt with politics and protest, and he also wrote a number of beautiful love songs, but some of my personal favorite songs in the repertoire are the down-and-dirty reggae party anthems -- the ones that just make you want to dance and sing and make music. Here are some of his greatest quotes on that theme:
"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Trench Town Rock (Purchase MP3)
"Lively up yourself and don't be no drag." - Lively Up Yourself (Purchase MP3)
"You rock so, you rock so, you dip so, you dip so, you skank so, you skank so, and don't be no drag! You come so, you come so, for reggae is another bag!" - Lively Up Yourself
"Hey Mister Music, sure sounds good to me! I can't refuse it: what to be got to be." - Roots, Rock, Reggae (Purchase MP3)
"Feel like dancing, dance 'cause we are free; feel like dancing, come dance with me!" - Roots, Rock, Reggae
"We're jammin', jammin', and I hope you like jammin' too!" - Jammin' (Purchase MP3)
"Sun is shinin', the weather is sweet, make you want to move your dancing feet." - Sun is Shining (Purchase MP3)
"So feel this drumbeat as it beats within, playing a riddim, fighting against ism and schism." - One Drop (Purchase MP3)
"Love to see when you move in the riddim, I love to see when you're dancing from within!" - Jump Nyabinghi (Purchase MP3)
"We free the people with music." - Trench Town (Purchase MP3)