Latest Damian Marley Quotes from Interviews

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• I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.

  Damian Marley

  Mother, Brother, School

  Source: pitchfork.com

• In Jamaica, them always have throwback riddims, recycled old beats, and the hardcore reggae scene is always present. You have faster stuff like the more commercialized stuff, but you always have that segment of music that is always from the core, from the original root of it. This year, you have seen a lot of it explode on the international scene. It's great. People are looking for something different. Maybe there was too much of one thing, and now they're looking for something fresh.

  Damian Marley

  People, Different, Reggae

  Source: pitchfork.com

• When you do an album about Africa, you can't be too superficial.

  Damian Marley

  Albums, Superficial

  Source: www.metabunker.dk

• I'm a fan of hip hop music, so I always used a hip hop element in my music anyway.

  Damian Marley

  Hip Hop, Fans, Elements

  Source: www.metabunker.dk

• The greatest thing to me about Obama is not the individual, it does not have to do with Obama himself - it's really about the people who have elected Obama. It demonstrates that people are ready for change, and I think Obama knows that, because he really came up from the people, the young generation especially. He motivated a lot of African Americans who never voted before to go and vote.

  Damian Marley

  Thinking, Young Generation, People

  Source: www.metabunker.dk

• Nas is someone who can communicate with the streets and can still keep it real in terms of being human, he doesn't try to be this super perfect person, but has respect for his history and for his ancestors and for spirituality. So Nas always displayed that in his music, while at the same time keeping it hard and something that you can relate to.

  Damian Marley

  Real, Time Keeping, Perfect

  Source: www.metabunker.dk

• Music is an expression of what's inside of you. And that's how I make music.

  Damian Marley

  Expression, Music Is

  "Nas, Damian Marley Dig For Rap's African Roots". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. December 13, 2009.

• It's not like I go into the studio and say I'm going to try to make music to prove to somebody that I can make music.

  Damian Marley

  Trying, Prove, Studios

  "Nas, Damian Marley Dig For Rap's African Roots". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. December 13, 2009.

• Music is not like sports, where you can go and do a hundred reps in a gym and come out and be all buffed up.

  Damian Marley

  Sports, Hundred, Music Is

  "Nas, Damian Marley Dig For Rap's African Roots". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. December 13, 2009.

• Politicians need to stop the violence because it has become a way of life in Jamaica. It's the thing to do - be violent in Jamaica.

  Damian Marley

  Jamaica, Way, Violence

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• Poverty breeds a lot of things. When people are desperate and trying to survive, they do drastic things.

  Damian Marley

  People, Trying, Poverty

  Source: www.nbcnews.com