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" Ziggy Marley is the third generation of Marleys I know. I knew his grandmother and his dad - I did a children's album with his grandmother. They're like family. "
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" It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not. "
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" My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective. "
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" American music is a powerful ingredient in international music, and as much as it comes from within, it also comes from without. "
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" I'm doing exactly what I should be doing, every day on the road. "
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" All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s. "
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" As a youngster, my parents made me aware that all that was from the African Diaspora belonged to me. So I came in with Caribbean music, African music, Latin music, gospel music and blues. "
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" As I got more involved in music, one of the things that made me excited, from the time I was a child, was that clear link between our ancestors and the sounds we hear today. "
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" I haven't worn one for a long time, but I look pretty good in a suit. "
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" I'm always cracking up when I hear what people think I should be doing. "
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" If what you're talking about is seeing someone perform, then I'll have to say that in the rhythm-and-blues side of things, seein' Otis Redding live was it, you know? "
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" Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit. "
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" I pretty much move around wherever I like. "
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" When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music. "
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" When I was 5 or 6, I was messing around with the piano, and I listened to everything from Chopin to boogie-woogie. "
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" Very old music is, like, 11th century in my mind. That's very old. "
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" I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister. "
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" The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues. "
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" I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music. "
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" As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of. "
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