If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.
Ziggy Marley
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- My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams and that stuff.
- 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 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.
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- 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.