Ziggy Marley Quotes
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Record stores keep the human social contact alive it brings people together. Without the independent record stores the community breaks down with everyone sitting in front of their computers
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I come to sing for the people, not for the government. God made the sunshine for everyone and made the moon for everyone. We have to follow his example so we have to play music for everyone too. We have a message, and in order for our message to reach the people, we have to play.
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As an artist myself I don't like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music.
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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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The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.
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The idea of who my father is to me is very different than who he is to you, or to the rest of the world.
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I was 12 when my father passed, so I didn't have a father during my teenage years.
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There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing. Ziggy Marley
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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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I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.
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The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.
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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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It was my dad’s idea that music is supposed to be more than simply about entertainment and making a living, but about being of service as an integral part of the consciousness of the world. In honor of him and because it’s right, I use music in that light.
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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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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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I don't like to do things for any other reason than it happens spontaneously or there's something that makes it happen naturally. I don't like putting down too many plans and trying to do a strategy to get a certain response or a certain effect.
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I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.
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Each of us has some change within us, we cannot change the political or the social system of the world unless we change inside of us as individuals and that’s the direction I am in now which I call spiritual.
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I don't have to wait to realize the good old days.
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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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Nobody owns me or my music.
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What inspires me is the universe.
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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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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.