Ziggy Marley Quotes
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I have found that children are the most open-minded of all my audiences. They are not set in their ways. They are open to ideas.
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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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I'm not so much into the beats. I'm more into the spiritual side of the music.
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Using political tools to change social conditions won't work.
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There's a rainbow in the sky, all the time, don't be blind
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I am not trying to be better than my father. I am not trying to be like him. I am just trying to be myself and express myself how I feel.
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The more red meat and blood we eat, the more bloodthirsty we get, the more violent we get. The more vegetarian food that we eat, the more peace is taken into us.
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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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'She Wolf,' by Shakira, makes you want to let go of your inhibitions and jam.
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I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.
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Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that.
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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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It's hard to say a favorite song of my father's. I listen to all his stuff; a lot of the old stuff before the '70s.
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Everything is connected. There is nothing that is not connected.
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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.
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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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Everything I've taken away from my father has been significant. So, I can't say that any one lesson is the most significant. By being around him, I learned that there is a purpose in life, and that if we are inspired to help people, we should do it.
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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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My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams and that stuff.
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The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.
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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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What inspires me is the universe.
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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'm my own psychologist.