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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.

Ziggy Marley

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Ziggy Marley
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 17
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Jamaica
David Nesta Marley
David Marley
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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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It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at mommy and daddy, running the show.
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I was 12 when my father passed, so I didn't have a father during my teenage years.
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Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.
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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.
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I think God surrounds us, in all different manifestations of the energy.
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I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.
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The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.
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I'm not so much into the beats. I'm more into the spiritual side of the music.
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The long-term study of GMO foods is going on in real time and in real life. Not in a lab.
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I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
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There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute.
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'Master Blaster,' by Stevie Wonder, is up-tempo and fun, like Stevie himself. Stevie's always making jokes he really knows how to put people at ease. He's one of my inspirations, as a musician and a person.
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My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end.
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Everything is connected. There is nothing that is not connected.
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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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I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.
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Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that.
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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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Kids out there now have learning issues. Having mental issues. And everybody is looking towards what drug to give them, but is anyone looking at the food that the children are eating? What you're eating has a big impact.
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