A biography for Rita Marleyhasn’t been written yet.
“Bob asked his lawyer what would happen if he didn't make a will and she said: 'Your wife and children will be okay.' Which was good enough for him.”
“To move forward, you have to return home.”
“Bob's music has always conveyed a message of hope, unity and love.”
“Bob Marley said in one of his songs: 'Can anything good come out of Trench Town?' The answer is yes.”
“Bob was the king, and as his queen I must carry on.”
“I would have paid out royalties if we were still working together, carrying on Bob's tradition and generating income, but that was not happening. The Wailers didn't write the songs and they had been paid for their work in the studio.”
“Not one child should be denied food nor water. Not one child should suffer.”
“Jamaica has a lot of foods that give you energy and strength, as well as being very nice to eat.”
“I'm not Bob; there will never be another Bob Marley; nobody can compete, including myself.”
“I didn't really like light-skinned people. I'd always thought about a tall, dark, handsome guy. But Bob had something different. He was very disciplined, just like a father figure, which I respected, especially as my own father was away.”
“It was a dream of Bob Marley and it is a dream of the family to bury him in Ethiopia.”
“With all the strife in the world, we must never forget that there is always a new melody, a new tune, a fresh star.”
“I never really got the chance to scream about some of the painful things. In the book, I look at my whole life experience, at ego and fame, too.”
“Water is truly the seed of life.”
“You can't eat ackee without johnnycakes.”
“Bob wanted me to have a baby each year, but he also wanted me to continue being a back-up singer in his band and to go on the road with him.”
“When Bob goes into the studio, he didn't just say, 'I'm going to do one album by itself.' No, we always had leftovers and some that were what you'd call rejects, we have those too.”
“Anything I don't like, I don't read.”
“There are a lot of great musicians in the world, but there is only, and will only ever be, one Bob Marley.”
“I try to keep that fire burning inside of me.”