Explore Quotes by Ziggy Marley

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

If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.

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.

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

I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.

I'm digging Batman. I'm digging that balance, that duality. He's always on the edge and trying to balance himself within the rules of what's lawful and justice, and being Bruce Wayne and being Batman.

Everyone will someday be judged for what they do, and Jah is the only judge.

I think God surrounds us, in all different manifestations of the energy.

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

I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.

The long-term study of GMO foods is going on in real time and in real life. Not in a lab.

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.

The roots of my music start from the ghetto.

'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.

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

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.

I grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It's part of our culture.

Kids are an important audience to reach for the future of the planet.

Success to me does not mean money.

Using political tools to change social conditions won't work.

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.