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My father's songs don't intimidate me my father's songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There's no intimidation.

Ziggy Marley

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Ziggy Marley
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 17
Composer
Musician
Singer
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Kingston
Jamaica
David Nesta Marley
David Marley
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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 never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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The truth - you've got to deal with it or it will kill you bit by bit.
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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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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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Some of my songs I don't do on tour because they don't work well live.
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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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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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When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise.
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I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.
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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
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In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual.
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I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.
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The roots of my music start from the ghetto.
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We still have to evolve, that's how we're created, we're created to evolve so you can believe in that the answer is in this book or in this one idea that the masses most believe in, each individual must evolve themselves, spiritually and consciously.
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