Quotes from Ziggy Marley

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.

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.

Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music, which is a positive way of life, which is a progressive way of life for better people.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Record stores keep the human social contact alive it brings people together. Without the independent record stores the community breaks down with everyone sitting in front of their computers

If there is no love in your heart - so sorry, Then there is no hope for you - true, true

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

I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.

Love is more than one thing.

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

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.

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.

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

I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are.

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.

People love me everywhere I go.

I'm inspired to do music. I really can't stop unless I stop being inspired.

The truth - you've got to deal with it or it will kill you bit by bit.

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.