Jamaicans Quotes - Page 3

• ....the popular music of Jamaica, the music of the people, is an essentially experiential music, not merely in the sense that the people experience the music, but also in the sense that the music is true to the historical experience, that the music reflects the historical experience. It is the spiritual expression of the historical experience of the Afro-Jamaican.

  Linton Kwesi Johnson

  Spiritual, Expression, Jamaica

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• I used to watch my grandmother make fancy, Julia Child-style beef bourguignon. And growing up in New York City, I was exposed to many cultures. I experimented with Puerto Rican and Jamaican food.

  Debi Mazar

  New York, Children, Growing Up

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• I have carried my Jamaican Flag with pride around the world to share my culture and experience with others because I seek Balance which is what I believe life is all about.

  Sean Paul

  Believe, Pride, Balance

  FaceBook post by Sean Paul from Feb 04, 2015

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• Basically, as a kid I grew up to a lot of good music, and part of my appreciation for music, from being a small child, was appreciating Jamaican music.

  Adrian Young

  Appreciation, Children, Kids

  "No Doubt's Adrian Young gets irie with a reggae mix". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. October 2, 2012.

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• If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

  Marcus Garvey

  Life, Trust, Confidence

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.12, Ravenio Books

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• I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Music, God

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• Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

  Bob Marley

  Weed, Hippie, Drinking

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• 'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music.

  John Lydon

  Country, Greek, Lollipop

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• Jamaican reggae is the style of music I always reach for when ranting to friends about how you could listen to one style of music exclusively for the rest of your life - and it would all be great and varied and worth hearing.

  Jonny Greenwood

  Style, Hearing, Rest Of Your Life

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians to this hemisphere. The slave ships brought only African people and most of us took the semblance of nationality from the places where slave ships dropped us off.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Slave Ships, People, West

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  Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Music, Song

  "Redemption Song" (song) (1980)

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• The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

  Bob Marley

  Life, Sad, Deep Thought

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• Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

  Bob Marley

  Life, Music, Sadness

  Bob Marley (1998). “The Best of Bob Marley (Songbook)”, p.37, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Music

  "Get Up, Stand Up" (song) (1973).

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• When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.

  Bob Marley

  Weed, Marijuana, Addiction

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• None but ourselves can free our minds.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Music

  "Redemption Song" (song) (1980)

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• I write songs on a universal basis. I was born out of the earth of Jamaica which I consider to be a part of Atlantis, the sunk continent, but that's my thing. But I write songs on a universal basis, not like Jamaican songs.

  Jimmy Cliff

  Song, Writing, Jamaica

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• My favorite healthy foods are Jamaican chicken soup, Jamaican chicken stew peas, Jamaican brown stew chicken, plantains and banana chips.

  Sanya Richards-Ross

  Healthy, Soup, Bananas

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