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Using political tools to change social conditions won't work.

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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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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It was my dad’s idea that music is supposed to be more than simply about entertainment and making a living, but about being of service as an integral part of the consciousness of the world. In honor of him and because it’s right, I use music in that light.
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Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live.
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Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that.
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If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again.
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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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If there is no love in your heart - so sorry, Then there is no hope for you - true, true
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Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect.
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The sun is always shining. We have oxygen, trees, birds. There's so much good things on Earth, still. We haven't destroyed everything.
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Art is always good. It just depends if you like or not.
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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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I'm my own psychologist.
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Things like lack of leadership and a lack of the willingness to evolve, they’re so used to keeping people within the constraints of the idea that has been the same idea for a thousand years.
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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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There's more to life than physical and material.
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I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me.
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Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.
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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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The roots of my music start from the ghetto.
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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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