Ziggy Marley Quotes
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Using political tools to change social conditions won't work.
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I've spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in the '60s used to voice their opinions about their rights, are much different today. People are afraid to voice opposition to the government in a mass way.
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People treat you according to your energy or what you put out there, so what I put out there is very open. I'm not paranoid or scared, I'm open. That's how I treat people, with respect and speak truthfully.
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Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live.
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The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.
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I'm digging Batman. I'm digging that balance, that duality. He's always on the edge and trying to balance himself within the rules of what's lawful and justice, and being Bruce Wayne and being Batman.
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Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music. If it is true music, the people will be drawn to it.
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I'm not so much into the beats. I'm more into the spiritual side of the music.
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My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end.
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What inspires me is the universe.
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I've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow.
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The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.
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My greatest accomplishment is the freedom for doing what I want to do with my music...I love my freedom so I'm happy I am a free artist.
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People love me everywhere I go.
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Nobody owns me or my music.
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I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music.
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The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.
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I'm my own psychologist.
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There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute.
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I run four times a week. And I don't count miles - I don't do that. I don't care about that. I care about how I feel, and I run according to how I feel.
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My life is a life of accepting what the universe has offered me... I don't fight the universe.
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I want the people who listen to my music to feel the feeling that I feel, to cry the cry that I cry - justice. I want them to feel in their hearts the need for justice.
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I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.
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My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people will realize this.