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The last thing my father told me was: 'On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don't let me down.' A father telling his son that puts some responsibility on my shoulders. He told me that, and I take it very seriously.

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
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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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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I think my type of personality has all music inside of it, so I am full of music, without even knowing it, without even learning it, without even hearing it.
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The more red meat and blood we eat, the more bloodthirsty we get, the more violent we get. The more vegetarian food we eat, the more peace is taken into us.
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The music I do is food... that will be your dinner.
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I want the people who listen to my music to feel the feeling that I feel, to cry the cry that I cry - justice. I want them to feel in their hearts the need for justice.
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It takes years to develop into the kind of human being you want to be.
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I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.
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I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.
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I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are.
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Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I'd rather just listen.
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In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual.
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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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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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I’m not Catholic, I’m not Orthodox… and I wouldn’t even say Rastafarian, that still divides people, I don’t want to divide people so anything that I say is something that must be so big and great that it did encompass everyone and it’s love.
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Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more.
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I'm my own psychologist.
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Art is always good. It just depends if you like or not.
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