"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."

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Source: Ziggy Marley Explains His Identity. Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. May 7, 2009.

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Ziggy Marley

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Ziggy Marley is a Jamaican musician and activist known for his reggae music that promotes love, freedom, and social justice, following in the footsteps of his father, Bob Marley.

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