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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened. "

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

" Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect. "

" Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more. "

" I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody. "

" Some of my songs I don't do on tour because they don't work well live. "

" 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've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow. "

" 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. "

" I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection. "

" Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted. "

" I think God surrounds us, in all different manifestations of the energy. "

" I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing. "

" I've never read one book about my father. "

" Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live. "

" I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind. "

" 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. "

" I like Flea, I like him as a musician. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end. "

" 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. "

" Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems. "

" 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. "

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

" Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us. "

" I don't like to do things for any other reason than it happens spontaneously or there's something that makes it happen naturally. I don't like putting down too many plans and trying to do a strategy to get a certain response or a certain effect. "

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

" 'She Wolf,' by Shakira, makes you want to let go of your inhibitions and jam. "