Ziggy Marley Quotes

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.

I'm into anything that really helps children.

Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.

Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music, which is a positive way of life, which is a progressive way of life for better people.

My father speaks for himself, through his music.

I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.

I've never read one book about my father.

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.

I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.

Feb 6 1945 St. Ann, Jamaica, Daddy was born. I remember us celebrating one of his birthdays in Jamaica at 56 Hope Road with him, no big superstar party, just us kids, Mommy, some cake, few laughs and that was it. Even if he wasn't known to the world on Feb 6th I would still think of him and in my heart say Happy Birthday Daddy. Love.

I grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It's part of our culture.

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.

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.

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.

Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.

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.

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.

People have to know there is more to living than physical things.

The roots of my music start from the ghetto.

Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.

I was 12 when my father passed, so I didn't have a father during my teenage years.

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.

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.

What inspires me is the universe.

I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.

I think if I'm serious about affecting people with music, I have to affect people on a human to human level, not on a grand social idea or political idea, it has to be a human being idea so it has to be what's inside a human being.

My father loved all different types of music. He wasn't a snob. He wasn't a purist.

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.

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion, and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy, or relief to anyone or anything.

Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect. That would be the revelation of love. If you have a question of whether this is love, think about the effect.

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

Kids are an important audience to reach for the future of the planet.

We believe in the almighty and we believe in God and that music is from God and we're inspired by God to give messages and ideas to people.

My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.

The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.

Each of us has some change within us, we cannot change the political or the social system of the world unless we change inside of us as individuals and that’s the direction I am in now which I call spiritual.

I don't have to wait to realize the good old days.

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.

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.

This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened.

Proud about my father? What am I most proud of? I think I'm proud of the legacy he left I think is what it is. He has left us so much.

My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams. So I've had dreams of my father over the years, and that's the way I really stay connected to him. He's still in my subconscious. He lives in there.

Food is an important part, not just in our physical well-being, but in our psychological well-being.

I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.

I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.

It takes years to develop into the kind of human being you want to be.

I go running. I go into nature. I really alleviate lot of emotional stress, any kind of stress I'm going through - exercise is my favorite medicine.