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 MARLEYIt’s natural that anyone is compared to their father.
More Ziggy Marley Quotes
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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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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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Reading is an essential tool to keep the mind sharp and the imagination running wild & free.
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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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The roots of my music start from the ghetto.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It’s about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute.
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Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.
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I always enjoy hearing different musical interpretations of the music.
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I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.
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The long-term study of GMO foods is going on in real time and in real life. Not in a lab.
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We can overcome the obstacles through human unity.
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My father loved all different types of music. He wasn’t a snob. He wasn’t a purist.
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I don’t care what you play, where you’re from, who you produce. It depends on what you’re doing when you’re with me. That’s what counts. I don’t pre-judge anything or anybody.
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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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