Ziggy Marley Quotes

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.

I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.

Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect. That would be the revelation of love. If you have a question of whether this is love, think about the effect.

To me, everything is connected. We're a part of nature. We are organic beings. None of us were - all of us come out of a woman. That's the way we're growing.

'She Wolf,' by Shakira, makes you want to let go of your inhibitions and jam.

I go running. I go into nature. I really alleviate lot of emotional stress, any kind of stress I'm going through - exercise is my favorite medicine.

I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.

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.

I was 12 when my father passed, so I didn't have a father during my teenage years.

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

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.

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.

Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live.

My greatest accomplishment is the freedom for doing what I want to do with my music...I love my freedom so I'm happy I am a free artist.

I think that music, beats, melody, sound are a natural part of our DNA, our vibe. It’s just a part of the cycle of our lives, we’re born, we have eyes, we have music.

Children are not a burden.

It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at mommy and daddy, running the show.

Sometimes my mistakes turn into interesting music because I do things that aren't supposed to be done.

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

My father's songs don't intimidate me; my father's songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There's no intimidation.

Kids are an important audience to reach for the future of the planet.

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

My father speaks for himself, through his music.

I've never read one book about my father.

I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.

Children are wonderful, and they add to my whole life.

Some of my songs I don't do on tour because they don't work well live.

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.

I don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas.

It takes years to develop into the kind of human being you want to be.

The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.

My father loved all different types of music. He wasn't a snob. He wasn't a purist.

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.

My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people will realize this.

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.

Love is my religion. Hey you can take it or leave it, and you don't have to believe it.

Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all children's growth and development, and in a parent's connection with their children.

Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.

My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.

I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.

Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.

The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better, to fight for a better living.

The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.

Everything, I just wanted to be like my father. And, as I grew within the music, I kind of became myself which was even more like my father, only without me trying though.

Proud about my father? What am I most proud of? I think I'm proud of the legacy he left I think is what it is. He has left us so much.

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

Food is an important part, not just in our physical well-being, but in our psychological well-being.

Music is a unifying force.

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.

Nobody owns me or my music.