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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.

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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I come to sing for the people, not for the government. God made the sunshine for everyone and made the moon for everyone. We have to follow his example so we have to play music for everyone too. We have a message, and in order for our message to reach the people, we have to play.
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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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I grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It's part of our culture.
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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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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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Nobody owns me or my music.
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We believe in the almighty and we believe in God and that music is from God and we're inspired by God to give messages and ideas to people.
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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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Kids are an important audience to reach for the future of the planet.
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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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How come fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
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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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I can feel my father's spirit within me. I can feel similarities within us from the artistic perspective from being a musician. We have a lot of similarities.
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This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened.
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I've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow.
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I think parents today are looking for meaningful things for their kid. It's about feeding them something with meaning.
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Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.
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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 most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.
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Love is my religion. Hey you can take it or leave it, and you don't have to believe it.
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