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Power to the peaceful!

Michael Franti

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Michael Franti
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: April 21
Composer
Guitarist
Peace Activist
Poet
Rapper
Singer
Oakland
California
Peaceful
Peace
Power
Love

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Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music.
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When we all see justice, then we'll all see peace!
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The most difficult part for me is feeling connected to the people that I love but always being on the go to different places.
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The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change.
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My yoga practice, I do it because when I get on my mat, I know I'm going to be transformed. I know that whatever stresses are in my life or whatever worries I have or whatever monkey mind is happening for me, when I get off the mat, I'm going to be transformed.
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It doesnt matter if youre black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful.
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The more I see, the less I know.
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We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.
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Sometimes, I feel like I can do anything, and, sometimes, I'm so alive, sometimes, I feel like I could zoom across the sky and, sometimes, I wanna cry.
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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 and yoga have a great synergy.
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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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I feel alive when I feel ease of heart.
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Be as radiant as the sun, as healing as the rain, as generous as a tree.
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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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The times when I feel not alive is when I feel stifled, when I feel like the emotion that's in me is not coming out. I'm too busy, too hectic. I'm serving my iPhone more than my spirit. Those are the times I feel bad.
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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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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.
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Every single soul is a poem.
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My goal has not ever been to change minds, my goal is to open minds.
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