Ziggy Marley Father Quotations

The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.

Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.

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.

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.

Proud about my father? What am I most proud of? I think I'm proud of the legacy he left I think is what it is. He has left us so much.

My father's music gives hope to people and also inspires them to break the bonds of injustice and to be positive in life. I've seen that everywhere I go, especially in poor countries and poor neighborhoods.

My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.

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 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 was 12 when my father passed, so I didn't have a father during my teenage years.

My father's songs don't intimidate me; my father's songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There's no intimidation.

My father and I had a really good relationship. We're cool. I am not trying to outdo him or anything like that.

The idea of who my father is to me is very different than who he is to you, or to the rest of the world.

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.

I've never read one book about my father.

It's hard to say a favorite song of my father's. I listen to all his stuff - a lot of the old stuff before the '70s.

It's natural that anyone is compared to their father.

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

My father speaks for himself, through his music.

My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams and that stuff.

Everything, I just wanted to be like my father. And, as I grew within the music, I kind of became myself which was even more like my father, only without me trying though.

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.

The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the more I become like my father, which is true to who he was.

I can feel my father's spirit within me. I can feel similarities within us from the artistic perspective from being a musician. We have a lot of similarities.

As an artist, I feel that my father's biggest influence is me realizing that music has a purpose and it's not just for business and that music is spiritual. I get that from him that music is a spiritual thing.

I learned from my father that music is from God and the message is from God.

I am not trying to be better than my father. I am not trying to be like him. I am just trying to be myself and express myself how I feel.

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 thing for a father to leave so much that people are loving their children. I'm proud of that.

Some guys that know me from when I was a kid say "My son, oh he's just like your father." It's just a natural part of our lives. But, within the music industry and within the industry of the critiques of music, where it becomes "Ziggy's music is not as good as Bob's music," I don't understand. But I don't really pay much attention to that because I'm just expressing myself.

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.