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I've spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in the '60s used to voice their opinions about their rights, are much different today. People are afraid to voice opposition to the government in a mass way.

Ziggy Marley

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Ziggy Marley
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 17
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David Nesta Marley
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Once you start messing with psychological well-being, we get more and more messed up.
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My father and I had a really good relationship. We're cool. I am not trying to outdo him or anything like that.
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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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I grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It's part of our culture.
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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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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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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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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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