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.

Their debut LP was Play the Game Right which was a very pop-oriented album earning Ziggy some derision from critics. 1). The Melody Makers as the group came to be known played occasionally for several years including at their father's funeral in 1981.

David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968 Trenchtown Jamaica) is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers.