Marvin Gaye Quotes - Page 2

For me, love carries the seeds of its own destruction.

Jesus left a long time ago, said he would return. He left us a book to believe in, in it we've got an awful lot to learn.

Music, not sex, got me aroused.

There are still times I feel unhappy and I must smile, and there are times I want to cry and I must laugh... people rarely see the real Marvin Gaye

Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more, but each hurt makes my love stronger than before.

Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.

LIVE for LIFE, but let live everybody

When I look at the world it fills me with sorrow, little children today are really going to suffer tomorrow.

Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you.

Love your mother, she bore you. Love your father, he works for you.

I've never had any problems with women. Having been one of the world's greatest womanizers they've probably had more problems with me.

Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell.

And givin' yourself to me can never be wrong

Who are they to judge us, simply because our hair is long?

The more I lived with Jan, the more I loved her, the more I made her miserable. It was a vicious cycle (page 209)……The more I loved her the more I hated her. And the more she loved me, the more I harmed myself (page 269).

I'm hooked my friend to the boy who makes slaves out of men, and oh believe me, flying high in a friendly sky.

What about this overcrowded land/How much more abuse from man can she stand?

Natural fact is, I can't pay my taxes. Make me wanna holler and throw up on my hands.

Let's save all the children, save the babies, save the babies.

Who isn't fascinated by evil?

I am not going to be dictated to by fans, certainly. I am dictated enough to by my record company to last me a million years.

I am not a star. At least, I don't consider myself a star.

Little Willie John is the soul singer's soul singer.

Too busy thinking about my baby and I ain't got time for nothing else.

Are thing really gettin' better like the newspaper said/What else is new my friend, besides what I read/Can't find no work, can't find no job my friend/Money is tighter than it's ever been/Say man, I just don't understand/What's going on across this land