Ziggy Marley Quotes

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Ziggy Marley

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 17, 1968

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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I'm inspired to do music. I really can't stop unless I stop being inspired.

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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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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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I am a leader, so 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 don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas.

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If African countries can unite and pull resources together, then that will be the best thing we could ever do for the problems in Africa including AIDS.

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I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.

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Even if I wasn't in music, even if my father was a carpenter, some guy in Jamaica would go 'You're just like Bob. You're just like your father.' That happens in Jamaica all the time.

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My father loved all different types of music. He wasn't a snob. He wasn't a purist.

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Hemp is a part of the cannabis plant, and it is very useful.

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I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.

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Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect.

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My father's songs don't intimidate me; my father's songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There's no intimidation.

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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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My father speaks for himself, through his music.

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My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.

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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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My father and I had a really good relationship. We're cool. I am not trying to outdo him or anything like that.

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Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I'd rather just listen.

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