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Ziggy Marley Wiki Biography

David Nesta Marley, better known as Ziggy Marley, is a well-known musician and as such he is also known as one of the richest in the industry. It has been announced that the overall size of Ziggy Marley net worth reaches 10 million dollars as of right now. Ziggy has accumulated such a high net worth mainly through his career as a musician. Ziggy Marley is probably mostly known from the band called Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. In the band, Ziggy is serving as the leading member. Thus, the band has also added up to accumulating the total estimate of Marley net worth. David Nesta Marley was born on October 17, 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica. He was born in the family of two celebrities as follows Rita Marley and Bob Marley.

Ziggy Marley began his career as a leading vocalist of the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers which was active from 1979 to 2002. The band was formed of the Ziggy siblings Sharon, Cedella and Stephen Marleys. Together they have released ten studio albums, one live album, four compilation albums, twenty-four singles, four video albums and two music videos which have increased Ziggy Marley net worth a lot. However, the most successful album was the last one titled ‘The Spirit of Music’ (1999) which peaked on the top position of United States Reggae chart. Other successful works include a compilation album titled ‘The Best of (1988-1993)’ (1997) peaked on the second position of United States Reggae chart and a live album titled ‘Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Live, Vol. 1’ (2000) which peaked on the fifth place of United States Reggae chart. Ziggy has increased his net worth appearing as a solo artist since 2003. Marley has released four studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, twelve singles and one video album. The last two studio albums titled ‘Family Time’ (2009) and ‘Wild and Free’ (2011) peaked on the top position of United Stated Reggae Chart. The first studio album titled ‘Dragonfly’ (2003) peaked on the third and the second album titled ‘Love Is My Religion’ (2006) peaked on the sixth position of United States Reggae Chat.

Marley has added to his net worth appearing on the television series ‘Charmed’ created by Constance M. Burge, ‘Family Matters’ created by William Bickley, Michael Warren. He has also appeared in the 1991-1992 season of the children series ‘Sesame Street’ created by Joan Ganz Cooney, Lloyd Morrisett. In addition to being a great vocalist, Marley also plays the guitar, piano and percussion instruments. He works under the labels of Tuff Gong Worldwide, Virgin/EMI Records and Elektra Records. Ziggy Marley has his own website where people can read the news, check the tour dates, listen to some music or watch video, purchase the stuff related to the musician in the store. Due to the popularity of the musician, it is expected that the net worth of Ziggy Marley will be rising in the future, too. Ziggy Marley married Orly Agai and together they have six children.

IMDB Wikipedia ‘Dragonfly’ (2003) ‘Family Time’ (2009) ‘Love Is My Religion’ (2006) ‘The Best of (1988-1993)’ (1997) ‘The Spirit of Music’ (1999) ‘Wild and Free’ (2011) ‘Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Live $10 million 1968 5 ft 9 in (1.753 m) Artist Bob Marley Bob Marley & The Wailers British Jamaican Cedella Cedella Marley Constance M. Burge Damian Marley David “Ziggy” Marley David Marley David Nesta “Ziggy” Marley David Nesta Marley Dragonfly Elektra Records Family Time Fly Rasta Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album Guitarist Jamaica Joan Ganz Cooney Kingston Jamaica Ky-Mani Marley Lloyd Morrisett Love Is My Religion Michael Warren Music Music artist Musician Nationality October 17 Reggae Rita Marley Sesame Street Sharon Singer Singer-songwriter Singers Stephen Marley Stephen Marleys Trenchtown Tuff Gong Worldwide Virgin/EMI Records Voice Actor Vol. 1’ (2000) Wild and Free William Bickley Ziggy Ziggy Marley Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers Ziggy Marley Net Worth

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Ziggy Marley Quotes

• I want the people who listen to my music to feel the feeling that I feel, to cry the cry that I cry – justice. I want them to feel in their hearts the need for justice.
• 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.
• 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.
• It’s very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show.
• 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 loved all different types of music. He wasn’t a snob. He wasn’t a purist.
• My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I’m a believer in that world and the world of dreams and that stuff.
• Kids are an important audience to reach for the future of the planet.
• My father speaks for himself, through his music.
• Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems.
• Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.
• People have to know there is more to living than physical things.
• Using political tools to change social conditions won’t work.
• Even if I wasn’t in music, even if my father was a carpenter, some guy in Jamaica would go ‘You’re just like Bob. You’re just like your father.’ That happens in Jamaica all the time.
• People love me everywhere I go.
• 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.
• I’m not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven’t voted in Jamaica either.
• I’ve never read one book about my father.
• I’d rather be by myself, really, than have, like, a million posse around me.
• It’s natural that anyone is compared to their father.
• ‘Master Blaster,’ by Stevie Wonder, is up-tempo and fun, like Stevie himself. Stevie’s always making jokes; he really knows how to put people at ease. He’s one of my inspirations, as a musician and a person.
• 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’ve spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in the ’60s used to voice their opinions about their rights, are much different today. People are afraid to voice opposition to the government in a mass way.
• 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 run four times a week. And I don’t count miles – I don’t do that. I don’t care about that. I care about how I feel, and I run according to how I feel.
• I’ve opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element; to be on my own in a strange place meeting people.
• 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.
• Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.
• I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.
• If I’m doing a concert, and I’m having a problem with the audience… I just play a Bob Marley song, and I’m good for the rest of the night.
• I don’t care what you play, where you’re from, who you produce. It depends on what you’re doing when you’re with me. That’s what counts. I don’t pre-judge anything or anybody.
• Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it’s lacking substance, and it’s difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It’s not about the actual music because it’s about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.
• I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.
• I like Flea, I like him as a musician.
• I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.
• I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.
• I don’t think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
• Social revolutions and group revolutions are good, and we need that, but we also need personal revolution – revolution within ourselves that change who we are as people.
• If African countries can unite and pull resources together, then that will be the best thing we could ever do for the problems in Africa including AIDS.
• Screaming, it’s not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It’s hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I’d rather just listen.
• The people don’t run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.
• 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.
• Children are wonderful, and they add to my whole life.
• A record is a message, timeless.
• I’m always in love.
• Love is more than one thing.
• As a viewer, I love watching movies. There has to be an emotional connection.
• Sometimes my mistakes turn into interesting music because I do things that aren’t supposed to be done.
• Society and the system and politicians don’t want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show ’em.
• Success to me does not mean money.
• 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.
• Some of my songs I don’t do on tour because they don’t work well live.
• 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.
• I was 12 when my father passed, so I didn’t have a father during my teenage years.
• 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.
• I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.
• The music I do is food… that will be your dinner.
• My father and I had a really good relationship. We’re cool. I am not trying to outdo him or anything like that.
• I’m not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.
• Nobody owns me or my music.
• Music is a unifying force.
• My father’s songs don’t intimidate me; my father’s songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There’s no intimidation.
• I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time ‘cuz sometimes it’s just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music.
• I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.
• I think God surrounds us, in all different manifestations of the energy.
• Children are not a burden.
• Hemp is a part of the cannabis plant, and it is very useful.
• 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.
• I think my type of personality has all music inside of it, so I am full of music, without even knowing it, without even learning it, without even hearing it.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• ‘She Wolf,’ by Shakira, makes you want to let go of your inhibitions and jam.
• Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more.
• I am a leader, so 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.
• 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.
• Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that’s the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
• 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.
• Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live.
• I’m digging Batman. I’m digging that balance, that duality. He’s always on the edge and trying to balance himself within the rules of what’s lawful and justice, and being Bruce Wayne and being Batman.
• The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.
• The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.
• It’s that kind of in-born music thing – I could pick up the guitar and play something. It’s not something I consciously do.
• Art is always good. It just depends if you like or not.
• I think parents today are looking for meaningful things for their kid. It’s about feeding them something with meaning.
• My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.
• I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.
• I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.
• I’m not so much into the beats. I’m more into the spiritual side of the music.
• I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
• I don’t chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.
• I don’t believe in other people’s ideas. I have my own ideas.
• I think the people should have a right to boycott whoever they want to boycott without the government making them into criminals and try to protect corporations from people. They should protect people from corporations.
• Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all children’s growth and development, and in a parent’s connection with their children.
• 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 love running in nature. I don’t like running on the streets, I don’t like running in the city, I don’t like running on the concrete. I love running in nature, so Jamaica provides a lot of that for me.
• I make music that I know that people will enjoy, and balance the ideas and philosophy that we put in music with music that when we play it live, people can move to it and groove to it.
• The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.
• In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.
• The long-term study of GMO foods is going on in real time and in real life. Not in a lab.
• Old music used to mean something. There is none of that today.
• The roots of my music start from the ghetto.
• 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.
• Children are the world’s future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.
• Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.
• Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun.
• I think it’s wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind.
• Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect.
• I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working.
• 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.
• Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.
• 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.
• The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better, to fight for a better living.
• Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.
• I’m inspired to do music. I really can’t stop unless I stop being inspired.
• I’ve tried body surfing. It’s nice.
• I have a satellite radio show called ‘The Legends of Reggae.’ It’s a cool way to branch out and do other things. I’m paying respect to the legends of reggae.
• 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.
• In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It’s subliminal, spiritual.
• I don’t fight creativity. I don’t fight against not being creative. If I’m not being creative, I’m not forcing it.
• There’s more to life than physical and material.
• I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
• 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.
• I have found that children are the most open-minded of all my audiences. They are not set in their ways. They are open to ideas.
• My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they’re all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.
• I grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It’s part of our culture.
• If it is, it is, If it’s not, it’s not.
• No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let’s try to live the best we can now.
• People treat you according to your energy or what you put out there, so what I put out there is very open. I’m not paranoid or scared, I’m open. That’s how I treat people, with respect and speak truthfully.
• URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages.
• The sun is always shining. We have oxygen, trees, birds. There’s so much good things on Earth, still. We haven’t destroyed everything.
• We believe in the almighty and we believe in God and that music is from God and we’re inspired by God to give messages and ideas to people.
• 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.
• If food is labeled, some people might choose to eat stuff that’s genetically modified. They might decide they love it. But give us a choice.
• 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.
• 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.
• I don’t have to wait to realize the good old days.
• 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.
• I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father’s footsteps.
• There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don’t have with anybody else, but that’s not about love. Love is a spiritual thing.
• Everyone will someday be judged for what they do, and Jah is the only judge.
• 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.
• The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It’s about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
• I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.
• Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
• God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
• I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can’t make you high, but they will make you feel good.

Ziggy Marley Important Facts

• Is of African descent.
• Marley is father to Daniel Marley (born July 12, 1989), Justice Marley (born December 9, 1991), Zuri Marley (born October 28, 1995), Judah Victoria Marley (born April 21, 2005) and Gideon Robert Nesta Marley (born January 5, 2007).
• Is 1/4 British and 3/4 Jamaican.
• His mother, Rita, wrote a book on his father Bob Marley called “No Woman No Cry”.
• Son of Rita Marley.
• Brother-in-law of singer Lauryn Hill.
• Has 12 siblings (Sharon Marley Prendergast, Cedella Marley, Stephen Marley, Stephanie, Rohan, Robbie, Karen, Julian Marley, Damian Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Cerita and Makeda Jahnesta).
• Formed a band with Stephen, Sharon and Cedella Marley called The Melody Makers
• Ziggy Marley was born David Nesta Marley in 1968. He was nicknamed “Ziggy” by his father.
• Son of Bob Marley

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