Ziggy Marley
My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.Collection: Good
Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.Collection: Legal
Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.Collection: Teacher
Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.Collection: Fitness
I think the people should have a right to boycott whoever they want to boycott without the government making them into criminals and try to protect corporations from people. They should protect people from corporations.Collection: Government
I think my type of personality has all music inside of it, so I am full of music, without even knowing it, without even learning it, without even hearing it.Collection: Learning
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.Collection: Positive
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.Collection: Alone
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.Collection: Relationship
I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.Collection: Pet
Old music used to mean something. There is none of that today.Collection: Music
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.
I don't have to wait to realize the good old days.
When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise.
Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.
God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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.
Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.
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.
Music is a unifying force.
I'm digging Batman. I'm digging that balance, that duality. He's always on the edge and trying to balance himself within the rules of what's lawful and justice, and being Bruce Wayne and being Batman.
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.
I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.
Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.
In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual.
The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community.
I've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow.
Everyone will someday be judged for what they do, and Jah is the only judge.
I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.
The sun is always shining. We have oxygen, trees, birds. There's so much good things on Earth, still. We haven't destroyed everything.
If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not.
I have found that children are the most open-minded of all my audiences. They are not set in their ways. They are open to ideas.
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.
I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.
I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.
I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
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.
I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.
I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working.
I like Flea, I like him as a musician.
I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.
I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music.
I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.
I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind.
I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are.
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.
I'm always in love.
I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.
I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element; to be on my own in a strange place meeting people.