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Ziggy Marley

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Ziggy Marley is a renowned musician, born on October 17, 1968. As the son of Bob Marley, he inherited his father's musical talent and is known for his unique musical style and advocacy for peace, love, and justice.

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Famous Ziggy Marley Quotes

“People are loving me because they don't even know me. "You're Bob's son. We love you." So I think that's a good thing for a father to leave so much that people are loving their children. I'm proud of that.”

People Thinking Knows Children Father Love You Son Proud Good Things Bob Know Me Loving Me

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“I think if I'm serious about affecting people with music, I have to affect people on a human to human level, not on a grand social idea or political idea, it has to be a human being idea so it has to be what's inside a human being.”

People Ifs Thinking Humans Ideas Political Social Human Beings Levels Serious

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“"I’m not Catholic, I’m not Orthodox…" and I wouldn’t even say Rastafarian, that still divides people, I don’t want to divide people so anything that I say is something that must be so big and great that it did encompass everyone and it’s love.”

People Want Stills Bigs Catholic Orthodox Divides

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“Things like lack of leadership and a lack of the willingness to evolve, they’re so used to keeping people within the constraints of the idea that has been the same idea for a thousand years.”

People Years Has Beens Ideas Used Thousand Evolve Willingness Thousand Years Constraints Lack Of Leadership

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“People believe that there's no room for change, there's no room to grow and if we're talking about this idea of God which is the infinite then there's no way that there's no room to grow because infinity is endless. So there must be more room to understand more and to evolve the way we think about this idea.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Believe Ideas Grows Rooms Talking Infinite Endless Evolve Infinity

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“Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music. If it is true music, the people will be drawn to it.”

People Ifs Needs Heart Water Simple Drink Music Is Reggae Reggae Music

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

People Believe Ideas My Own Don't Believe

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“The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.”

People Teaching Missing Messages Teaching Religion

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

People Fighting Revolution Willingness Something Better

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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.”

People Thinking Want Should Trying Government Protect Should Have Criminals Corporations Boycott

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“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.”

People Needs Stills Together Culture Community Rights Happenings African American Together As One

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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.”

People Giving Country Father Poor Break Inspire Injustice Neighborhood Being Positive Poor Countries Poor Neighborhoods

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“I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.”

People Believe Suffering I Believe Connected

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“Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.”

People Want Believe Shows Politician Ems

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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 in a mass way.”

People Way Different Government Today America Used Voice Opinion Rights Mass Opposition Noticing Sept 11

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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.”

People Needs Social Groups Revolution Who We Are Social Revolution

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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.”

People Thinking Helping Running Turns Leader Victim

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

People Trying Firsts Interesting Hopefully

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

People Knows Physical Things

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“People love me everywhere I go.”

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“I want the people who listen to my music to feel the feeling that I feel, to cry the cry that I cry - justice. I want them to feel in their hearts the need for justice.”

People Want Needs Feels Heart Feelings Justice Cry

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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.”

People Knows Persons Inspiration Fun Wonder Know How Masters Musician Jokes Ease Tempo

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“Everything I've taken away from my father has been significant. So, I can't say that any one lesson is the most significant. By being around him, I learned that there is a purpose in life, and that if we are inspired to help people, we should do it.”

People Ifs Should Has Beens I Can Helping Purpose Father Taken Lessons Inspired Significant Purpose Of Life

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“Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.”

People Humans Mean Different Human Beings Ability Quality Successful Different Things Different Peoples Ability To Love

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“Hopefully people hear that a part of what hurts society has a lot to do with the diet, the food that you're eating. So let's be careful.”

People Hurt Eating Careful Hopefully Diets Be Careful

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“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.”

People Humans Dream Human Beings Forgiveness Good Life Good Human Being

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“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.”

People Political Money Economy Benefits Political Systems

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“We believe in the almighty and we believe in God and that music is from God and we're inspired by God to give messages and ideas to people.”

People Giving Believe Ideas Messages Music Is Inspired Believe In God Almighty

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“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.”

People Knows Ideas Philosophy Play Moving Enjoy Balance Groove

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“Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun.”

People Different Economic Gun Different Things

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“Record stores keep the human social contact alive it brings people together. Without the independent record stores the community breaks down with everyone sitting in front of their computers”

People Humans Together Social Community Break Records Alive Fronts Computer Sitting Independent Stores Contact Breaking Down Record Stores

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

People Thinking Should Hate Hate People

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“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.”

People Knows Way Ideas Philosophy Behinds Entertainment Progressive Reggae

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“I come to sing for the people, not for the government. God made the sunshine for everyone and made the moon for everyone. We have to follow his example so we have to play music for everyone too. We have a message, and in order for our message to reach the people, we have to play.”

People Made Play Government Order Example Moon Messages Israel Sunshine

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“I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.”

People Want Feels Seeds Feel Good Get Over Stigma Make You Feel Good Hemp

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“Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.”

People Hurt Drug Alcohol Tobacco Pharmaceutical

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“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.”

People Ifs Giving Might Choices Stuff Genetically Modified

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“People treat you according to your energy or what you put out there, so what I put out there is very open. I'm not paranoid or scared, I'm open. That's how I treat people, with respect and speak truthfully.”

People Energy Speak Treats Scared Speak The Truth Paranoid Treating People With Respect

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“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.”

People Thinking Want Problem Paradise Jamaica

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“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.”

People Father Realizing Generations Testament New Testament Old Testament New Generation

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“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.”

People Persons Helping Grows My Own Strange Travel Elements Meetings Help Me Jamaica Strange Places

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About the Author

Born: October 17, 1968
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 198

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