About Ziggy Marley: David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers.
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've tried body surfing. It's nice.
In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual.
In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.
Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.
I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.
I think parents today are looking for meaningful things for their kid. It's about feeding them something with meaning.
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.
I don't like to do things for any other reason than it happens spontaneously or there's something that makes it happen naturally. I don't like putting down too many plans and trying to do a strategy to get a certain response or a certain effect.
I don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas.
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.
'She Wolf,' by Shakira, makes you want to let go of your inhibitions and jam.
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.
Children are not a burden.
I was 12 when my father passed, so I didn't have a father during my teenage years.
I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.
I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.
Hemp is a part of the cannabis plant, and it is very useful.
My father's songs don't intimidate me; my father's songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There's no intimidation.
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.
My father, my Rastafari culture, has a tight link to the Jewish culture. We have a strong connection from when I was a young boy and read the Bible, the Old Testament.
