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Allison: Your music is really beautiful, it’s diverse, and some of it makes you feel good. Some of it makes you think, and that is a beautiful thing. Skip: I’m glad that you appreciate it. Allison: Yes, very much so, and that is why I wanted to talk to you. If you could have a conversation with your grandfather and ask him anything, what would you like to ask him? Skip: I would ask him which books to read. Allison: Really? Okay. Skip: I have a lot of questions, but I would love to hear what kinds of books to read, too. Allison: Do you know what some of his favorite books were when he was alive? Skip: I mean, The Bible. Some books about His Imperial Majesty (referring to Haile Selassie, the founder of Rastafarianism), The Wise Mind of Emperor Haile Selassie, and things like that. [He] definitely read a lot of African books. There are a lot of things I would love to ask him, but that is the first thing that came to my mind. Allison: Do you believe in time travel? Skip: No, not right now. What do you think? You think time travel is real? I’m not going to put you down. What do you think? Allison: Well, thank you (laughs). I have this weird obsession with the concept of time travel. I don’t know why, but I feel like sometimes time is kind of speeding up or slowing down. Sometimes things that happened twenty years ago feels like they happened yesterday, and something that happened last week feels like it was a year ago, and I think it’s strange. Skip: That is true. I can relate to that. Time is like a circle. Allison: I don’t think time is what we think it is. Skip: I know what you mean. Hey listen, we only know what we know right now, so who knows? Allison: I believe in things that we can’t perceive with our five senses. Skip: You believe in things we cannot see. You believe in things where people would call you crazy or label you for this and that. We should be free, and we should be what we want to be. Allison: I feel like you can believe in your imagination more than you can believe in what you see with your eyes. Does that make sense? Skip: That is true, because it’s like the power of belief. Allison: Yes, the power of belief. Skip: Jump in the fire and never get burned. It’s like you walk by fate. You can only walk by what is inside. Allison: Exactly. I ask this of everybody, and I know that you are young so I don’t know how you would contemplate this, but what do you think you came into this life as Skip Marley to learn, and what do you think you came here to teach? Skip: Well, what I came here to learn is purpose. Once you find your purpose, like for me, personally, it is to spread love. These messages are just within me, from the connection of my grandfather, to my mother, to me. I feel there is a responsibility, and these words and messages need to be spoken and things need to be said. I would say I’m God’s soldier, a music warrior. I’ve come to fight with music. I’ve come to take on the world with music and come shape the world with music. That is my thing, music, the consciousness, and the collective community of mankind; and restoring that kind of connection. Skip Marley’s U.S. tour, Changes hits 23 cities from March 20th through May 27th. For information and tickets visit skipmarley.com/tour. Follow on Instagram @skipmarley and stream on Spotify and iTunes. Watch and listen to the extended interview with Skip Marley on the Allison Interviews podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and on YouTube.