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The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.

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
Father
Important
Thing
Every
Men
Taught
Stand
Rights

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Everything I've taken away from my father has been significant. So, I can't say that any one lesson is the most significant. By being around him, I learned that there is a purpose in life, and that if we are inspired to help people, we should do it.
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Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more.
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Art is always good. It just depends if you like or not.
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The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.
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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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I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.
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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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Kids are an important audience to reach for the future of the planet.
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I don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas.
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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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Sometimes my mistakes turn into interesting music because I do things that aren't supposed to be done.
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Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.
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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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I make music that I know that people will enjoy, and balance the ideas and philosophy that we put in music with music that when we play it live, people can move to it and groove to it.
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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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In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.
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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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I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
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I think God surrounds us, in all different manifestations of the energy.
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My father, we bumped heads when I was younger, much younger... I had different ideas that I shared with him. He didn't like them as much. He gets upset or whatever. I guess I had a strong opinion from when I was a little boy.
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