Ziggy Marley

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'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.

I'm always in love.

I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me.

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.

I think my type of personality has all music inside of it, so I am full of music, without even knowing it, without even learning it, without even hearing it.

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

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

I like Flea, I like him as a musician.

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

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

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 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 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.

The sun is always shining. We have oxygen, trees, birds. There's so much good things on Earth, still. We haven't destroyed everything.

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 follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.

My father loved all different types of music. He wasn't a snob. He wasn't a purist.