Quotes By Ziggy Marley

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.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.

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 used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.

I like Flea, I like him as a musician.

Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more.

I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.

I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music.

No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now.

God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.

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.

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

I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working.

URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages.

I've tried body surfing. It's nice.

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.

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

There's more to life than physical and material.

My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams and that stuff.

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

I don't care what you play, where you're from, who you produce. It depends on what you're doing when you're with me. That's what counts. I don't pre-judge anything or anybody.

I think my type of personality has all music inside of it, so I am full of music, without even knowing it, without even learning it, without even hearing it.

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.

Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems.

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.

I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind.

I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.

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.

I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.