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I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

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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Suffering
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Nobody owns me or my music.
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Record stores keep the human social contact alive it brings people together. Without the independent record stores the community breaks down with everyone sitting in front of their computers
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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.
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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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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.
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I wouldn't mind doing more in the kid's world because I think that might be just where I can be most useful to society, to the planet, if I can speak to children.
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Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.
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So food is important part, not just in our physical well-being, but in our psychological well-being. The more chemicals that are in our food and the more outside of the way it is intended by nature, the more we are messing with things that we probably don't know the full effect of.
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I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
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The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.
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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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Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.
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I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.
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Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music. If it is true music, the people will be drawn to it.
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My father, my Rastafari culture, has a tight link to the Jewish culture. We have a strong connection from when I was a young boy and read the Bible, the Old Testament.
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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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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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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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