Ziggy Marley Quotes
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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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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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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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I'm not so much into the beats. I'm more into the spiritual side of the music.
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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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There's a rainbow in the sky, all the time, don't be blind
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URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages.
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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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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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Using political tools to change social conditions won't work.
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People love me everywhere I go.
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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 Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.
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The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.
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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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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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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'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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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.
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Nobody owns me or my 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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I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.
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Everything is connected. There is nothing that is not connected.