Skip to content

People Quotes by Ziggy Marley

41 People quotes by Ziggy Marley

All People quotes Ziggy Marley’s page

Ziggy Marley describes reggae as music from the heart, as essential as water, and says it carries a philosophy, a way of life. He talks about a revolution driven by ordinary people wanting a better future. He also hopes his songs make listeners feel the same justice he feels.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

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

Image

People love me everywhere I go.

Image

People have to know there is more to living than physical things.

Image

Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun.

Image

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

Image

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

Image

I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

Image

My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and…

Image

I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel…

Image

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

Image

I want the people who listen to my music to feel the feeling that I feel, to cry the cry that I…

Image

'Master Blaster,' by Stevie Wonder, is up-tempo and fun, like Stevie himself. Stevie's always making jokes; he really knows how to put…

Image

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

Image

We believe in the almighty and we believe in God and that music is from God and we're inspired by God to…

Image

Social revolutions and group revolutions are good, and we need that, but we also need personal revolution - revolution within ourselves that…

Image

People treat you according to your energy or what you put out there, so what I put out there is very open.…

Image

Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music.…

Image

Record stores keep the human social contact alive it brings people together. Without the independent record stores the community breaks down with…

Image

I come to sing for the people, not for the government. God made the sunshine for everyone and made the moon for…

Image

I've spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in…

Image

Everything I've taken away from my father has been significant. So, I can't say that any one lesson is the most significant.…

Image

People believe that there's no room for change, there's no room to grow and if we're talking about this idea of God…

Image

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

Image

I think if I'm serious about affecting people with music, I have to affect people on a human to human level, not…

Image

Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.

Image

Things like lack of leadership and a lack of the willingness to evolve, they’re so used to keeping people within the constraints…

Image

Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music,…

Image

People are loving me because they don't even know me. "You're Bob's son. We love you." So I think that's a good…

Image

The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better, to fight for a better living.

Image

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

Image

I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element;…

Image

I think the people should have a right to boycott whoever they want to boycott without the government making them into criminals…

Image

I make music that I know that people will enjoy, and balance the ideas and philosophy that we put in music with…

Image

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

Image

Hopefully people hear that a part of what hurts society has a lot to do with the diet, the food that you're…

Image

"I’m not Catholic, I’m not Orthodox…" and I wouldn’t even say Rastafarian, that still divides people, I don’t want to divide people…

Image

My father's music gives hope to people and also inspires them to break the bonds of injustice and to be positive in…

Image

My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people…

Image

The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about…

Image

The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will…

Image

Other authors on People

More by Ziggy Marley

My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for…

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…

My father, my Rastafari culture, has a tight link to the Jewish culture. We have a strong connection from when I was a young…

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

I've tried body surfing. It's nice.

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…

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

The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better, to fight for a better living.

Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music. If it…

The roots of my music start from the ghetto.

How come "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems.

People have to know there is more to living than physical things.

Success to me does not mean money.

The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.