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The more I see, the less I know.

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Michael Franti
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: April 21
Composer
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Peace Activist
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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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Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
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Every single soul is a poem.
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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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I believe that in order to tackle the big issues of the world today, like environmental issues, we need everybody's involvement. We need the resources of the corporate world. We need the cooperation of governments. We need the wisdom of indigenous people.
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I feel alive when I feel ease of heart.
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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 think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different.
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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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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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When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world.
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If the first casualty of war is innocence, then perhaps with each bullet fired, bomb detonated, leader overthrown, wall built, economy destroyed and family member killed, we are not creating goodwill and harmony, but rather another child who believes violence is the only means to bring about change in the world.
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It ain't about who ya love, it's all about do ya love.
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One of the things I love about yoga is that it brings you into the present moment. You aren't worried about what will happen tomorrow and you aren't thinking about what happened yesterday. It's about opening your heart and living from your heart.
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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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No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.
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