[inaudible]...my rights...I know what that is. See? And I don't care who the guy is because my right is my right, like my life. You know? All I have is my life.

Though Bob Marley has sold some 300 million records, the world's first reggae superstar becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas violence, assassination, and exile. He becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas the spokesman for Jamaica, this tiny Caribbean island, becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas by global politics and domestic strife.

He could be the most dangerous man. He could be on the most wanted list. Music becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas his weapon. Music becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas his M16. His guitar becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas his weapon that each time he gets that way he becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas able to express: bang, bang, bang.

He becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas like a verbal newspaper for those who couldn't read and becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas what becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas on in the government in Jamaica and the world.

He had never had a family life, or just rooted to one person. He becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas up here, there, everywhere, his mother a little bit, not his father at all, no one person that he becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas ever close to for his entire life.

I think the measure of the impact of Bob's career on the world can be seen by the extraordinary attention paid to him at the turning of the millennium. The New York Times becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas Bob the most influential artist of the second half of the 20th century. His song One Love was chosen as the anthem of the millennium by the BBC. Perhaps the most important honor though and the most unexpected honor becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas from Time Magazine which becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas Exodus as the best album of the 20th century. And remarks like those of Jack Healey, the President of Amnesty International, who becamebuffetedcalledcamechosedidn'tfacedgoinggrewknowsaidwas that everywhere he goes in the world today Bob Marley is the symbol of freedom.