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I make music that I know that people will enjoy, and balance the ideas and philosophy that we put in music with music that when we play it live, people can move to it and groove to it.

Ziggy Marley

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

Father Intimidate Music Song
I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Believe Connection People Suffering
We should never forget the native families of this land past and, present whose story sometimes gets lost in modern times.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Forget Lost Modernization Past Present Story Time
The long-term study of GMO foods is going on in real time and in real life. Not in a lab.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Food Time
I make music that I know that people will enjoy, and balance the ideas and philosophy that we put in music with music that when we play it live, people can move to it and groove to it.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Balance Enjoyment Music People Philosophy
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.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Acceptance Change Easy Music Power Society
I’m always in love.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Always Love One Liner
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.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Father Music Old Song
The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Father Important Justice Lesson Man Right Teaching
Music was an important part of my childhood.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Childhood Important Music One Liner
I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Express Important Personality Truth
I grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It’s part of our culture.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Coconut Culture Flavor Food Grow Up
Free spirits have to soar. True Religion.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Freedom One Liner Religion Soar Spirit
I’m inspired to do music. I really can’t stop unless I stop being inspired.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Music Stop
I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Country Export Foreign Love Policy
Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Chance Experiment Time Work
Reading is an essential tool to keep the mind sharp and the imagination running wild & free.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Book Essential Imagination Mind Reading Run Sharp Tool
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.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Creature Dog Eyes Family Look Realize
I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Attitude Compassion Human Proud
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.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Care Count Depend Judgment Music Play Produce
It takes years to develop into the kind of human being you want to be.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Development Experience Human Life Time
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.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Benefit Economic Money People Politics System
All of my life I’ve been growing into who I am in my life today and I am still growing, but I believe in love and nothing can deter me in that.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Believe Growth Life Love
Everyone will someday be judged for what they do, and Jah is the only judge.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Human Nature Judgment
I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Alone Ancestor Blood Born Father Identity Mother Spirit
I always enjoy hearing different musical interpretations of the music.
ZIGGY MARLEY

Different Enjoyment Hear Music
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.
ZIGGY MARLEY

God Greatness Man Mess Nature Purpose Religion Thinking

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