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I make music that I know that people will enjoy, and balance the ideas and philosophy that we put in music with music that when we play it live, people can move to it and groove to it.
Ziggy Marley
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Ziggy Marley
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 17
Composer
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Kingston
Jamaica
David Nesta Marley
David Marley
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Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect. That would be the revelation of love. If you have a question of whether this is love, think about the effect.
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I think the people should have a right to boycott whoever they want to boycott without the government making them into criminals and try to protect corporations from people. They should protect people from corporations.
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Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music, which is a positive way of life, which is a progressive way of life for better people.
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If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again.
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I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are.
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I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection.
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I don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas.
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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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Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun.
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I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.
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In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.
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I'm a spiritual musician, I think there has been enough political musicians and I think everything that can be said has been said about political, social things, you know, and there's still some more to be said but not much.
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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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I think that music, beats, melody, sound are a natural part of our DNA, our vibe. It’s just a part of the cycle of our lives, we’re born, we have eyes, we have music.
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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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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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The last thing my father told me was: 'On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don't let me down.' A father telling his son that puts some responsibility on my shoulders. He told me that, and I take it very seriously.
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It's natural that anyone is compared to their father.
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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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I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.
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