Ziggy Marley Quotes

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Ziggy Marley

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 17, 1968

I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.

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I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.

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Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.

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'Master Blaster,' by Stevie Wonder, is up-tempo and fun, like Stevie himself. Stevie's always making jokes; he really knows how to put people at ease. He's one of my inspirations, as a musician and a person.

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Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.

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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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When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise.

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Music is a unifying force.

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The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community.

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I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.

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I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.

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I don't care what you play, where you're from, who you produce. It depends on what you're doing when you're with me. That's what counts. I don't pre-judge anything or anybody.

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I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.

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I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.

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I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.

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I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working.

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I like Flea, I like him as a musician.

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I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.

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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 think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.

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