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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I run four times a week. And I don't count miles - I don't do that. I don't care about that. I care about how I feel, and I run according to how I feel.

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The idea of who my father is to me is very different than who he is to you, or to the rest of the world.

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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 people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.

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Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I'd rather just listen.

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I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.

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I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.

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I like Flea, I like him as a musician.

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I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.

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I'd rather be by myself, really, than have, like, a million posse around me.

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A record is a message, timeless.

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I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.

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Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems.

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I've never read one book about my father.

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People have to know there is more to living than physical things.

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It's natural that anyone is compared to their father.

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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.

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'Master Blaster,' by Stevie Wonder, is up-tempo and fun, like Stevie himself. Stevie's always making jokes; he really knows how to put people at ease. He's one of my inspirations, as a musician and a person.

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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.

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My father, we bumped heads when I was younger, much younger... I had different ideas that I shared with him. He didn't like them as much. He gets upset or whatever. I guess I had a strong opinion from when I was a little boy.

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I just got into the Beatles a couple of years ago, you know, I like it.

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Author Bio

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