The song "Peace, Love and Happiness" is dedicated to the children he met there.

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Bob Marley, the late reggae star known for messages of peace and understanding as well as a song about shooting a sheriff, is the latest cultural icon to have a species names after him, according to a news release from the National Science Foundation.

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One song that inspires me is "Give Peace a Chance" by John Lennon because it tells us that the world - that our world needs peace to make it a better place and also tells us how we can make peace with one another.

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His song "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" became a major hit for Costello, but Lowe has also recorded steadily as a solo artist since the late '70s.

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So when I saw that element continuing to resurface in almost everything I was writing, I have to find a way to be at peace with the fact that that was going to be smoke in the room of every song that I was working on unless I somehow acknowledged it.

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