"My father loved all different types of music. He wasn't a snob. He wasn't a purist."
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"Some guys that know me from when I was a kid say "My son, oh he's just like your father." It's just a natural part of our lives. But, within the music industry and within the industry of the critiques of music, where it becomes "Ziggy's music is not as good as Bob's music," I don't understand. But I don't really pay much attention to that because I'm just expressing myself."
"I'm a spiritual musician, I think there has been enough political musicians and I think everything that can be said has been said about political, social things, you know, and there's still some more to be said but not much."
"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."
"I'm inspired to do music. I really can't stop unless I stop being inspired."
"I've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow."
"I can feel my father's spirit within me. I can feel similarities within us from the artistic perspective from being a musician. We have a lot of similarities."
"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."
"I learned from my father that music is from God and the message is from God."
"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."
"I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone."
"As a viewer, I love watching movies. There has to be an emotional connection."
"If I'm doing a concert, and I'm having a problem with the audience... I just play a Bob Marley song, and I'm good for the rest of the night."
"Nobody owns me or my music."
"Music is a unifying force."
"Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource."