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When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world.
— Michael Franti
Don't fear the nighttime, cause the monsters know that you're divine. Don't fear the sunshine, cause everything's better in the summertime
— Michael Franti
It's a really personal thing for me to write a song.
— Michael Franti
In the '80s, Ronald Reagan inspired me to become politicized, because I grew up in that era when everything I cared about was under attack.
— Michael Franti
People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music.
— Michael Franti
I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.
— Michael Franti
Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.
— Michael Franti
It ain't about who ya love, it's all about do ya love.
— Michael Franti
The most difficult part for me is feeling connected to the people that I love but always being on the go to different places.
— Michael Franti
It's that transformative nature of love and music and yoga that really inspires me.
— Michael Franti
I hope I inspire people to dream bigger than what they are living, but a dream within their reach.
— Michael Franti
When many little people in many little places do many little things, then the whole world changes.
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I think the main thing I would say is, don't settle. Don't settle for something that's not great.
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I don't know if it's so grand that I can change the entire world, but I know that I can help one person. So that's the goal.
— Michael Franti
Be who you are, nothing more ... nothing less.
— Michael Franti
I believe that through positive thoughts, speech, action and attitudes, we change things for the better.
— Michael Franti
God is too big for just one religion.
— Michael Franti
Can't keep Love like money in the bank
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I was adopted when I was a baby. My mother carried me for nine months and she held me for one hour, and didn't see me again.
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We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.
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We have a saying in my house, my kids and my girlfriend. We say, 'Be your best for the greater good, and rock out wherever you are.'
— Michael Franti
The personal revolution is far more difficult, and is the first step in any revolution.
— Michael Franti
Everyone deserves music.
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I feel alive when I feel ease of heart.
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When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley; you mostly hear dance hall music.
— Michael Franti
I have moments all the time when I play.
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History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing.
— Michael Franti
I want to promote positivity.
— Michael Franti
Every single soul is a poem, written on the back of God's hand
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It shouldn't be a Republican or Democratic issue whether we take care of the environment. That should be a human issue.
— Michael Franti
It's never too late to start the day over.
— Michael Franti
The world can't have a global solution to climate change with U.S. action alone; and the world can't have a global solution without U.S. action.
— Michael Franti
You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different.
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The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed.
— Michael Franti
I drive a hybrid. It's a Ford Escape. That's my only car.
— Michael Franti
It really is a strange time we're living in, when saying 'Don't kill people' is considered a radical point of view.
— Michael Franti
The more places I go to, the more I realize I understand so little about the world.
— Michael Franti
Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
— Michael Franti
You get everything you could have ever wished for if you're willing to give that eternal bliss away to somebody else, to give it back.
— Michael Franti
My goal has not ever been to change minds, my goal is to open minds.
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I think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different.
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San Francisco has always been a haven for misfits and weirdos. I'm both of those, which is why I came here.
— Michael Franti
Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience.
— Michael Franti
I'm a news junkie who's constantly reading newspapers and magazines. I look around and see what's happening in the world.
— Michael Franti
With all the people hating and hurting each other, I don't understand how people could get upset about people of the same sex caring for each other.
— Michael Franti
Every single soul is a poem.
— Michael Franti
My music is part of the quest I have to find new ways of telling stories, and also, I want to inspire people.
— Michael Franti
When we all see justice, then we'll all see peace!
— Michael Franti
People ask me a lot, 'what can one person do,' and I say 'I'm not really sure what one person can due except come together with other people.
— Michael Franti
Music is also one of the great heart openers. Sometimes, you hear the lyrics of a song and you dance, laugh, smile, or perhaps even cry.
— Michael Franti
Music gets us in touch with our emotions in a way that's more intimate than any other art form.
— Michael Franti
Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood.
— Michael Franti
I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.
— Michael Franti
In Jamaica, the music is recorded for the sound system, not the iPod. It's about experiencing music together, with other people.
— Michael Franti
To sit back and say, 'Oh, we're going to let the government do whatever they want, right or wrong,' is giving up.
— Michael Franti
Love is the action of soul satisfaction.
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When I first started, my songs were the politics of anger. As I got older and hopefully wiser, I wanted to be part of the politics of answers.
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Whenever people go out of their way to help other people - there's power and beauty in our diversity.
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I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself.
— Michael Franti
You can bomb the world to pieces, but you can't bomb it into peace. Power to the peaceful.
— Michael Franti
The more I see, the less I know.
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My house was filled with music. We had a piano, and my brothers and sisters played instruments. Even though I was around it, I played basketball.
— Michael Franti
If you love the planet or the neighborhood - you're finding ways to satisfy the soul of the planet or satisfy the soul of the neighborhood.
— Michael Franti
All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.
— Michael Franti
Having personal things in balance is more important than the other.
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Music and yoga have a great synergy.
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