Explore Quotes by Ziggy Marley

Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.

My father, we bumped heads when I was younger, much younger... I had different ideas that I shared with him. He didn't like them as much. He gets upset or whatever. I guess I had a strong opinion from when I was a little boy.

The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.

It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show.

I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.

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.

Some of my songs I don't do on tour because they don't work well live.

I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.

Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live.

People have to know there is more to living than physical things.

A record is a message, timeless.

I've spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in the '60s used to voice their opinions about their rights, are much different today. People are afraid to voice opposition to the government in a mass way.

The solution for mankind is of a spiritual nature. It is not a political or religious solution. It's the ability to love each other. That's the only solution I see.

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.

I'd rather be by myself, really, than have, like, a million posse around me.

Children are wonderful, and they add to my whole life.

Children are not a burden.

In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.

I've never read one book about my father.

As a viewer, I love watching movies. There has to be an emotional connection.

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.