Quotes by Ziggy Marley

About Ziggy Marley:

David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers.
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Free spirits have to soar." "True Religion

Ziggy Marley

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.

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Art is always good. It just depends if you like or not.

Ziggy Marley

No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now.

Ziggy Marley

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.

Ziggy Marley

My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end.

Ziggy Marley

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.

Ziggy Marley

If food is labeled, some people might choose to eat stuff that's genetically modified. They might decide they love it. But give us a choice.

Ziggy Marley

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

Ziggy Marley

The music I do is food... that will be your dinner.

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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.

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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.

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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 hel...

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Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

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I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.

Ziggy Marley

My father and I had a really good relationship. We're cool. I am not trying to outdo him or anything like that.

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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.

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I've spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in the '60s used to voice their opinions about their rights, are much different today. People are afraid to voice opposition to the government i...

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My father's music gives hope to people and also inspires them to break the bonds of injustice and to be positive in life. I've seen that everywhere I go, especially in poor countries and poor neighborhoods.

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Social revolutions and group revolutions are good, and we need that, but we also need personal revolution - revolution within ourselves that change who we are as people.

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Author Bio

  • NameZiggy Marley
  • DescriptionJamaican musician
  • AliasesDavid Nesta Marley
  • BornOctober 17, 1968
  • CountryJamaica
  • ProfessionSinger
  • AwardsDaytime Emmy Award