BOB MARLEY INTERVIEW,BOZ & ELDER, 1979

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BOB MARLEY INTERVIEW, BOZ & ELDER, AUSTRALIA, APRIL 1979


Bob: Yeah, how you doing? This is Bob Marley on two double J.

Interviewer: He's a lot happier this time than he was last time! Why are you so happy this time?
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Bob: Yeah because, now me brethren's very nice now and we getting things together. Last time was the gunshot on my mind.

Interviewer: Ah, right. Yeah, you're a lot more peaceful. A lot more relaxed.

Bob: Yeah, more dangerous now.

Interviewer: Now one thing I mustn't forget. You've just received a platinum album from Australia. Does that surprise you that you'd get a platinum album from Australia?

Bob: Yeah, because up 'til now I don't know what it represent.

Interviewer: Well it represents I think sales of about 50, 000 copies of that particular album.

Bob: Oh. In Australia that's good.

Interviewer: Yeah, I think that's very good. Does that surprise you?

Bob: Well, yeah. Really don't expect that of Australia. That's good.

Interviewer: Do you know much about Australia?

Bob: Well, the only thing I heard about Australia is that the Queen send these guys out because she couldn't manage them. And the Aborigines.

Interviewer: Yeah. But other than that Australia's a bit of a blank?

Bob: All I know is Ritchie Benaud. When I used to listen to cricket, Ritchie Benaud was one of the great off-spinners.

Interviewer:I mean, Ritchie Benaud hasn't played for a long time.

Bob: Well, yeah. I remember the days when Ritchie Benaud from .

Interviewer: You seem to be less interested in politics now.

Bob: Well, I'm always interested in my people's right. But I will not push myself to a revolution without arms.

Interviewer: As far as people like yourself are concerned, you mentioned to me last time that you're very concerned about what's going on in South Africa, and what's going on in Rhodesia. Is there anything do you think that people in Jamaica can do to help their brothers in Rhodesia and in South Africa? Anything directly?

Bob: Well, we can do what we have to do. But we look at South Africa and the pressure that we face, and the struggle that we go through, we kow that the world must change. And the black people in South Africa is the greatest black people on the face of the Earth. Because they are capable to fight. We are not capable to fight, we are in chains. Now we are talking about people who are fighting for their rights.

Now, the world, this Earth doesn't have no justice. Because what we are saying is what could we do in Jamaica as we are a people? His Majesty say that until the colour of a man skin is of no more significance to the colour of his eyes. That mean that justice is in the eyes of everyone. The black people and the white people. That mean, if the black people in Jamaica could do anything to help South Africa, then the white people anywhere could do the same. Because until a an skin is of no more significance to the colour of his eyes.

Interviewer: So, it's as much my responsibility...?

Bob: It is (as) much your responsibility as mine!

Interviewer: Now, what about Is This Love?

Bob: Well, after saying all these things you must really have some time when you take a cup of tea! So you say I wanna love you and treat you right, because you fighting for something. You got your enemy, and you got your people. The things you tell your enemy, you got to tell your people a different thing. You tell them I wanna love you and treat you right, we'll be together everyday and every night. Don't worry about a thing, everything is gonna be alright. Just keep on fighting with I.

Interviewer: It's a love song. A happy song.

Bob: Well, it is one of them songs where words couldn't express the meaning, so we had to just put words to the melody! (laughs)

Interviewer: That's the best quote of the year! "It's one of those songs where the words couldn't express the meaning, so they just had to put words to the melody." (laughs)

Bob: You have deal with the people. You have to give what the people want, and then you have to give them what you know they're supposed to get.

Interviewer: Do you think that now, you're far removed from working in the Chrysler factory, does it conjur up memories, do you think you can still relate to those people who are in fact living in the concerete jungle now?

Bob: Oh, yeah man. I live with them in the concrete jungle, nothing has changed for me. I am just the same, nothing has changed for me.

Interviewer: In what way? If you look at it, you're much more successful, you're playing large concerts...

Bob: I'll tell you what. I have the same feelings. I am a Rastaman. Everything remain the same. I carry that same feeling. I didn't expect this world to be so crooked and corrupted. I thought people were people. Until I grew up and realised this guy hate me for nothing. When I check he hate me through history. He hate me because I'm black. He hate me because I live uptown, he hate me because I'm from the ghetto, he hate me because I'm from the country. Is just hatred run the Earth until Rastafari come and say "no! Peace and love is the way of life." Rasta is the only man preach peace and love. Because if the church preach peace and love, then them would a love Rastaman.

Interviewer: Do you think that theres any possibilty ever of the human race believing in peace and love?

Bob: No, no, not the human race. You have people who qualified to deal with peace and love. You have people who are qualified and searching for the people with their qualifications too . And they will meet.

Interviewer: What happens to the ones who can't love?

Bob: Well, I'm sorry for those who do not know what love is because love is all love is God. And if you can't love then you don't know about that.