Explore Quotes by Ziggy Marley

Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.

I love running in nature. I don't like running on the streets, I don't like running in the city, I don't like running on the concrete. I love running in nature, so Jamaica provides a lot of that for me.

I have found that children are the most open-minded of all my audiences. They are not set in their ways. They are open to ideas.

The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community.

My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end.

Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.

If food is labeled, some people might choose to eat stuff that's genetically modified. They might decide they love it. But give us a choice.

Even if I wasn't in music, even if my father was a carpenter, some guy in Jamaica would go 'You're just like Bob. You're just like your father.' That happens in Jamaica all the time.

I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.

Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that.

Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.

I think the people should have a right to boycott whoever they want to boycott without the government making them into criminals and try to protect corporations from people. They should protect people from corporations.

I think parents today are looking for meaningful things for their kid. It's about feeding them something with meaning.

I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.

My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.

Hemp is a part of the cannabis plant, and it is very useful.

I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.

I don't like to do things for any other reason than it happens spontaneously or there's something that makes it happen naturally. I don't like putting down too many plans and trying to do a strategy to get a certain response or a certain effect.

Art is always good. It just depends if you like or not.

If African countries can unite and pull resources together, then that will be the best thing we could ever do for the problems in Africa including AIDS.

My father's music gives hope to people and also inspires them to break the bonds of injustice and to be positive in life. I've seen that everywhere I go, especially in poor countries and poor neighborhoods.