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If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.

Ziggy Marley

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Ziggy Marley
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 17
Composer
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
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Kingston
Jamaica
David Nesta Marley
David Marley
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The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.
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Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.
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I follow the universe I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
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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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I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.
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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 think if I'm serious about affecting people with music, I have to affect people on a human to human level, not on a grand social idea or political idea, it has to be a human being idea so it has to be what's inside a human being.
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