Explore Quotes by Ziggy Marley

My father's songs don't intimidate me; my father's songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There's no intimidation.

I want the people who listen to my music to feel the feeling that I feel, to cry the cry that I cry - justice. I want them to feel in their hearts the need for justice.

I was 12 when my father passed, so I didn't have a father during my teenage years.

Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I'd rather just listen.

My father speaks for himself, through his music.

Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect.

People treat you according to your energy or what you put out there, so what I put out there is very open. I'm not paranoid or scared, I'm open. That's how I treat people, with respect and speak truthfully.

It's hard to say a favorite song of my father's. I listen to all his stuff - a lot of the old stuff before the '70s.

People love me everywhere I go.

Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.

The sun is always shining. We have oxygen, trees, birds. There's so much good things on Earth, still. We haven't destroyed everything.

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.

I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element; to be on my own in a strange place meeting people.

'She Wolf,' by Shakira, makes you want to let go of your inhibitions and jam.

The idea of who my father is to me is very different than who he is to you, or to the rest of the world.

I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection.

I don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas.

Sometimes my mistakes turn into interesting music because I do things that aren't supposed to be done.

My father loved all different types of music. He wasn't a snob. He wasn't a purist.

I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.

It's natural that anyone is compared to their father.