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In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.
Ziggy Marley
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Ziggy Marley
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 17
Composer
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Kingston
Jamaica
David Nesta Marley
David Marley
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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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Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.
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A record is a message, timeless.
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The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the more I become like my father, which is true to who he was.
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Once you start messing with psychological well-being, we get more and more messed up.
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If African countries can unite and pull resources together, then that will be the best thing we could ever do for the problems in Africa including AIDS.
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I am freely able to express myself honestly to the public without trying to polish it over, trying to hide something. I'm just trying to be free with my expression.
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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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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.
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Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.
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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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The music I do is food... that will be your dinner.
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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 prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.
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There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing.
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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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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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In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual.
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