Everyone will someday be judged for what they do, and Jah is the only judge.
— Ziggy Marley
I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.
The sun is always shining. We have oxygen, trees, birds. There's so much good things on Earth, still. We haven't destroyed everything.
If I'm doing a concert, and I'm having a problem with the audience... I just play a Bob Marley song, and I'm good for the rest of the night.
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.
My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.
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.
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.
Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.
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.
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.
I'm not so much into the beats. I'm more into the spiritual side of the music.
My father, my Rastafari culture, has a tight link to the Jewish culture. We have a strong connection from when I was a young boy and read the Bible, the Old Testament.
Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.
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.
Art is always good. It just depends if you like or not.
The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.
The long-term study of GMO foods is going on in real time and in real life. Not in a lab.
Kids are an important audience to reach for the future of the planet.
Success to me does not mean money.
Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all children's growth and development, and in a parent's connection with their children.
Using political tools to change social conditions won't work.
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.
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.
I'm digging Batman. I'm digging that balance, that duality. He's always on the edge and trying to balance himself within the rules of what's lawful and justice, and being Bruce Wayne and being Batman.
Children are not a burden.
I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.
Nobody owns me or my music.
The last thing my father told me was: 'On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don't let me down.' A father telling his son that puts some responsibility on my shoulders. He told me that, and I take it very seriously.
I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.
Old music used to mean something. There is none of that today.
Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted.
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 grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It's part of our culture.
I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.
People have to know there is more to living than physical things.
A record is a message, timeless.
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.
I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
Social revolutions and group revolutions are good, and we need that, but we also need personal revolution - revolution within ourselves that change who we are as people.
Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.
The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.
I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.
