My father loved all different types of music. He wasn't a snob. He wasn't a purist. Ziggy Marley More Quotes by Ziggy Marley More Quotes From Ziggy Marley I don't condemn and I don't convert. I've been searching through books and bibles to find what this life is worth, and I've made up my mind: Love is my religion. You can take it or leave it, and you don't have to believe it. Love is my religion Ziggy Marley love-is believe book There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute. Ziggy Marley sunrise next way If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again. Ziggy Marley honesty self lying Judaism, Christianity, Islam, all of these are branches, the root is love and that's where I went. I went straight to the root, I forgot the branches and I went straight to the root so that is how I see it, that is after I said of research and study and going through different phases of mental evolution, mental and consciousness evolution, not just believing in a book, believing in a certain idea, being willing to think for yourself and formulate your own ideas. Ziggy Marley believe book thinking 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. Ziggy Marley political religious spiritual My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people. Ziggy Marley good-life forgiveness dream The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message. Ziggy Marley teaching missing people Love is cheering and sharing and compassion, and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy, or relief to anyone or anything. Ziggy Marley cheer compassion love-is It was my dad’s idea that music is supposed to be more than simply about entertainment and making a living, but about being of service as an integral part of the consciousness of the world. In honor of him and because it’s right, I use music in that light. Ziggy Marley dad light ideas What inspires me is the universe. Ziggy Marley universe inspire 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. Ziggy Marley responsibility father son Each of us has some change within us, we cannot change the political or the social system of the world unless we change inside of us as individuals and that’s the direction I am in now which I call spiritual. Ziggy Marley political spiritual world God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone. Ziggy Marley sun-shines shining sun No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now. Ziggy Marley trying life past There's a rainbow in the sky, all the time, don't be blind Ziggy Marley rainbow blind sky 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. Ziggy Marley community rights people 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. Ziggy Marley philosophy people ideas Art is always good. It just depends if you like or not. Ziggy Marley art-is depends art Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that. Ziggy Marley stress who-i-am running If there is no love in your heart - so sorry, Then there is no hope for you - true, true Ziggy Marley no-hope sorry heart
