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Be who you are, nothing more... nothing less.

Michael Franti

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Michael Franti
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: April 21
Composer
Guitarist
Peace Activist
Poet
Rapper
Singer
Oakland
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My mother and father took me in and provided everything for me - the love, nurturing, basic necessities - to give me the space to grow wings, so that when I went out into the world, I could fly.
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It ain't about who ya love, it's all about do ya love.
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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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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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Love is the action of soul satisfaction.
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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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Johnny Cash was a rebel, not only just in the musical sense, but he was somebody who was for the people, and an advocate for labor, for workers, for prisoners, people who have been trapped by the criminal justice system.
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I have a passion to make a difference in the world. And that difference can be just making the fans at my show leave with a smile on their face and feeling uplifted.
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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 think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different.
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The hardest part about what I do, the most vulnerable place is my relationship with my family and Sara, my amazing partner, because I'm leaving a lot. And as a touring artist, I'm constantly coming and going, but also when I'm at home, my studio's at home. I'm leaving to go into a music world in my head.
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When we all see justice, then we'll all see peace!
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I drive a hybrid. It's a Ford Escape. That's my only car.
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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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No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.
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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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Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
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We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.
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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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Power to the peaceful!
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