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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
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Kingston
Jamaica
David Nesta Marley
David Marley
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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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I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.
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I grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It's part of our culture.
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People are loving me because they don't even know me. You're Bob's son. We love you. So I think that's a good thing for a father to leave so much that people are loving their children. I'm proud of that.
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My father, my Rastafari culture, has a tight link to the Jewish culture. We have a strong connection from when I was a young boy and read the Bible, the Old Testament.
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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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Sometimes my mistakes turn into interesting music because I do things that aren't supposed to be done.
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My father speaks for himself, through his music.
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The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.
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