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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.

Ziggy Marley

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Ziggy Marley
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 17
Composer
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Voice Actor
Kingston
Jamaica
David Nesta Marley
David Marley
Trying
Like
Express
Father
Better
Feel
Feels

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Things like lack of leadership and a lack of the willingness to evolve, they’re so used to keeping people within the constraints of the idea that has been the same idea for a thousand years.
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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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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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My father's music gives hope to people and also inspires them to break the bonds of injustice and to be positive in life. I've seen that everywhere I go, especially in poor countries and poor neighborhoods.
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Proud about my father? What am I most proud of? I think I'm proud of the legacy he left I think is what it is. He has left us so much.
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How come fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
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Kids are an important audience to reach for the future of the planet.
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The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.
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Social revolutions and group revolutions are good, and we need that, but we also need personal revolution - revolution within ourselves that change who we are as people.
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I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working.
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Hemp is a part of the cannabis plant and it is very useful.
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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 grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It's part of our culture.
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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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If food is labeled, some people might choose to eat stuff that's genetically modified. They might decide they love it. But give us a choice.
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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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I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.
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The people don't run the system the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.
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The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.
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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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