Ziggy Marley Quotes

"There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing."

"I think that his ability to reach out to people was because of his sincerity in what he was doing. And the truth in which he did it in. He had no ulterior motive. He wasn't trying to be something. He wasn't into gimmicks. He wasn't trying to be a star. He was trying to express himself."

"I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music."

"I don't have to wait to realize the good old days."

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

"I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go."

"When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise."

"I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right."

"This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened."

"God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone."

"I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing."

"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 don't care what you play, where you're from, who you produce. It depends on what you're doing when you're with me. That's what counts. I don't pre-judge anything or anybody."

"I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more."

"I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it."

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

"I like Flea, I like him as a musician."

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

"I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind."