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I drive a hybrid. It's a Ford Escape. That's my only car.

Michael Franti

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Michael Franti
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: April 21
Composer
Guitarist
Peace Activist
Poet
Rapper
Singer
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The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change.
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I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.
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Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
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We only have X amount of days and time on this planet - how am I going to spend that time? The way that I want to spend it is caring about the people that I love the most, and fighting to make the world a more livable place for everybody.
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Through music I either tame my demons or unleash them and allow them to be what they are. I don't want the music to be about provocation, I want the music to bring you to a place where you feel at home
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I've never really been into flags of any kind, cause flags can bring people together, but they always bring people together against other people, and I don't really consider myself to be a patriot in the sense that I say, 'okay, this is my nation,' I consider myself to be a child of this whole planet.
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I always know when a song is good or close to finished. When I sing it, it makes me feel the emotion. My tears will start flowing or I'll start laughing. I'll start feeling whatever intensity or emotion was the seed of that song.
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Power to the peaceful!
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It ain't about who ya love, it's all about do ya love.
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No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.
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Life is too short to make just one decision, Music's too loud for just one station, Love is too big for just one nation, AND GOD IS TOO BIG FOR JUST ONE RELIGION...
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Everyone deserves music.
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A lot of times we look at the whole world and think, 'it's so daunting, how can we change the whole world?' and you don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.
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My goal has not ever been to change minds, my goal is to open minds.
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We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.
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I could be really sad and I start to cry I feel alive then. I could be at a concert and I throw my hands up in the air and I feel elation I feel alive then.
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The more I see, the less I know.
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I want to promote positivity.
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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.
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There are so many things to be worried about, and I wanted to make a record that people could put on, and it would lift them up the way the sun did for me each day.
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