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Be as radiant as the sun, as healing as the rain, as generous as a tree.

Michael Franti

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Michael Franti
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: April 21
Composer
Guitarist
Peace Activist
Poet
Rapper
Singer
Oakland
California
Generous
Healing
Rain
Sun
Tree
Radiant

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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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No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.
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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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San Francisco has always been a haven for misfits and weirdos. I'm both of those, which is why I came here.
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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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I went to Iraq because I wanted to see what one year of occupation had done to Iraqi society, and I went to the West Bank and Gaza Strip because I wanted to see what three generations of occupation had done to Palestinian society. I found a lot more hopelessness and despair in Palestine.
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I feel alive when I feel ease of heart.
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It ain't about who ya love, it's all about do ya love.
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The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change.
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Love is the action of soul satisfaction.
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We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.
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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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It's also hard for me to understand growing up not knowing where I came from. I searched for my parents - I started when I was twenty I found both my mother and my father when I was twenty-two. Trying to catch up on twenty-two years that we can never get back, trying to reconcile that - that's a hard thing for me.
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Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
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I think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely 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.
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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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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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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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When we all see justice, then we'll all see peace!
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