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We don't need no more danger, we don't need no more difficulties, we don't need no more misunderstanding, and we don't need no more violence. We need the people to see each other and know of each other, feel each other, touch each other, share with each other, and change hearts with each other.

~Burning Spear

Topics: Change Danger Difficulties Each Feel Hearts Know Misunderstanding More Need Other People See Share Touch Violence

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When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that.

~Burning Spear

Topics: Call Five Hard Hard Work Legend Longer Lot Patience People Play See Takes Ten Ten Years Than Work Years You

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

~Burning Spear

Topics: All People Blend Brings Different Every Music Musician Only People Races Reggae Religions Some Together Tries

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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

Topics: About Anyone Colour Direction Everything General He Just Keep Keep Moving Like Moving Only People Right Right Direction Self-Reliance Spoke Talking Will Within

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

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Topics: Arrangement Creation Everything Itself Lyric Melody Moves Music People Reggae Understand Vibe Within

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I believe music is like medicine. Like a good tonic, it can open your mind, strengthen and possibly even cure you. Music can work on many levels, and nothing I know of possesses the healing force that exists within music.

~Burning Spear

Topics: Believe Cure Even Exists Force Good Healing Know Levels Like Many Many Levels Medicine Mind Music Nothing Open Possesses Possibly Strengthen Tonic Within Work You Your I Believe

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I love what I do: there is no pressure. The music doesn't like pressure.

~Burning Spear

Topics: Like Love Music No Pressure Pressure I Love

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The kind of music I'm dealing with is more a long-term music. Sometimes a little discourage runs along on your thought, but I am here to push it back. Discourage is a sign of weakness, and I don't like to be weak.

~Burning Spear

Topics: Along Am Back Dealing Discourage Here Kind Like Little Long-Term More Music Push Runs Sign Sometimes Thought Weak Weakness Your I Am

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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

Topics: About Black Focus General Know Mean Mean People Music One Thing People Really Reggae Speaking Struggle Suffering Thing You

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My outspoken beliefs have been embraced, but I don't consider myself an activist. Maybe people consider me as that, but it's not anything outrageous or bad I can't live with.

~Burning Spear

Topics: Activist Anything Bad Been Beliefs Consider Embraced Live Maybe Me Myself Outrageous Outspoken People

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Biography

Nationality: Jamaican

Type: Musician

Born: March 1st, 1945

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