Ziggy Marley People Quotations

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.

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.

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

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.

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

We believe in the almighty and we believe in God and that music is from God and we're inspired by God to give messages and ideas to people.

People treat you according to your energy or what you put out there, so what I put out there is very open. I'm not paranoid or scared, I'm open. That's how I treat people, with respect and speak truthfully.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.

I want the people who listen to my music to feel the feeling that I feel, to cry the cry that I cry - justice. I want them to feel in their hearts the need for justice.

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.

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.

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

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

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

'Master Blaster,' by Stevie Wonder, is up-tempo and fun, like Stevie himself. Stevie's always making jokes; he really knows how to put people at ease. He's one of my inspirations, as a musician and a person.

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 so anything that I say is something that must be so big and great that it did encompass everyone and it's love.

Things like lack of leadership and a lack of the willingness to evolve, they're so used to keeping people within the constraints of the idea that has been the same idea for a thousand years.

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

People love me everywhere I go.

I think if I'm serious about affecting people with music, I have to affect people on a human to human level, not on a grand social idea or political idea, it has to be a human being idea so it has to be what's inside a human being.

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

Hopefully people hear that a part of what hurts society has a lot to do with the diet, the food that you're eating. So let's be careful.

Everything I've taken away from my father has been significant. So, I can't say that any one lesson is the most significant. By being around him, I learned that there is a purpose in life, and that if we are inspired to help people, we should do it.