The last thing my father told me was: ‘On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don’t let me down.’ A father telling his son that puts some responsibility on my shoulders. He told me that, and I take it very seriously.
ZIGGY MARLEYLove 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.
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I’ve never read one book about my father.
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My imagination would run wild in the hills.
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True music makes true fans.
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Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. ‘Cause it talks about changing society. You won’t find it readily accepted.
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If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we’re man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.
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It’s hard to say a favorite song of my father’s. I listen to all his stuff; a lot of the old stuff before the ’70s.
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I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.
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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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Love is more than one thing.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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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.
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Everyone will someday be judged for what they do, and Jah is the only judge.
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I don’t have to wait to realize the good old days.
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Photographs bring back the memories.
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As an artist myself I don’t like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music.
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