Quotes from Rita Marley

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.

Whatever time we're passing through, there will always be music.

Bob was chosen by my record company to help with my vocals, and our relationship developed through the music.

Water is truly the seed of life.

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.

Bob is a normal man, just like any other man.

There are a lot of great musicians in the world, but there is only, and will only ever be, one Bob Marley.

It has always been the wish of Bob Marley to return to Ethiopia and become a Rastafarian.

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.

Bob felt everything that happened around him, and he put that reality into his music. And those things are still happening, which is why his music endures. It is music that still has meaning in people's lives. And you can dance to it.

I'm not Bob; there will never be another Bob Marley; nobody can compete, including myself.

I try to keep that fire burning inside of me.

It was a dream of Bob Marley and it is a dream of the family to bury him in Ethiopia.

I suffered years of criticism. But there was a point in my life where I had to stand up and say: 'I don't care what anybody says about me. I have to stand up for my family, for the four children I had with Bob and the eight he had with other women.'

One of the nicest things to do in Kingston on a Sunday is eat johnnycake, Festival and fish at Hellshire Beach.

To me, Bob was more than a superstar but it's good people get an idea of the real man.

Not one child should be denied food nor water. Not one child should suffer.

What Bob and I had was something special that God ordained. Ours was more than a husband-and-wife relationship, it was as if we had to do something for our people, to become a symbol for our time, and that feeling is still going on no matter what.

I must make my own way, and when I'm into things is when I do them best. If I'm not ready to perform and I do anyway, it's like feeding the people poison.

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.

Can you imagine he went to rest at the age of 36, and 30 years after he's still coming out with music for your listening pleasure? Not only for your dancing pleasure, but for learning at the same time. Because Bob Marley music teaches.

They say the good you do lives after you. Bob is one of those who proves that.

The idea of being a widow brings the thought of your husband dying. I don't really feel that way. I have higher confidence in life after that transition. That's my thought. That's how I feel. I want to keep him alive.

After a stage in our marriage, me and Bob had passed being husband and wife... We came to be brother and sister and I had to accept his other sweethearts and the children they gave him.