"I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind."
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Ziggy Marley quotes (page 3 of 10)
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"I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey."
"My life is a life of accepting what the universe has offered me... I don't fight the universe."
"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"
"I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me."
"I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love."
"Old music used to mean something. There is none of that today."
"Love is more than one thing."
"Using political tools to change social conditions won't work."
"Feb 6 1945 St. Ann, Jamaica, Daddy was born. I remember us celebrating one of his birthdays in Jamaica at 56 Hope Road with him, no big superstar party, just us kids, Mommy, some cake, few laughs and that was it. Even if he wasn't known to the world on Feb 6th I would still think of him and in my heart say Happy Birthday Daddy. Love."
"In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still."
"I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big."
"I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps."
"I think parents today are looking for meaningful things for their kid. It's about feeding them something with meaning."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted."
"It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do."
"I've tried body surfing. It's nice."