Top 29 Quotes by Burning Spear

About Burning Spear

These are some quotes by Jamaican author Burning Spear Musician, who was born on March 1, 1945.

Dig into the roots of culture, and it will grow. It's like a grass that is growing, and it cannot stop, and music is like the fertilizer for that.

Dig into the roots of culture, and it will grow. It's like a grass that is growing, and it cannot stop, and music is like the fertilizer for that.

Burning Spear

Music is creation. In reggae the lyric, the music itself, arrangement, that vibe, such melody - everything within the music moves the people, understand?

Music is creation. In reggae the lyric, the music itself, arrangement, that vibe, such melody - everything within the music moves the people, understand?

Burning Spear

When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right.

Burning Spear

Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the struggle of people, and the suffering, it don't mean black people. It mean people in general.

Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the struggle of people, and the suffering, it don't mean black people. It mean people in general.

Burning Spear

Music is supposed to create an associate level, wherein I and you and you and I can associate without any misunderstanding.

Music is supposed to create an associate level, wherein I and you and you and I can associate without any misunderstanding.

Burning Spear

I like any music I can feel.

I like any music I can feel.

Burning Spear

I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one.

I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one.

Burning Spear

Every musician tries to blend in some reggae. It's the only music that brings all people together, different races, different religions.

Every musician tries to blend in some reggae. It's the only music that brings all people together, different races, different religions.

Burning Spear

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work.

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work.

Burning Spear

People have been listening to Burning Spear for a long time now, and they know who I am and what I stand for. Yes, I do address many of the same ideas from album to album, adding only a little different flavor or coloring. Yes, the message has remained virtually the same because the issues haven't gone away yet.

Burning Spear

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