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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
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Kingston
Jamaica
David Nesta Marley
David Marley
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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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My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people will realize this.
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Everything is connected. There is nothing that is not connected.
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Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
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I am not trying to be better than my father. I am not trying to be like him. I am just trying to be myself and express myself how I feel.
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If there is no love in your heart - so sorry, Then there is no hope for you - true, true
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The more chemicals that are in our food, the more we are messing with things that we probably don't know the full effect of.
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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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I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.
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There's a rainbow in the sky, all the time, don't be blind
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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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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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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 prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.
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I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind.
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My life is a life of accepting what the universe has offered me... I don't fight the universe.
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I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.
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The solution for mankind is of a spiritual nature. It is not a political or religious solution. It's the ability to love each other. That's the only solution I see.
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I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element to be on my own in a strange place meeting people.
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