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The more I see, the less I know.

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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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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I feel alive when I feel ease of heart.
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My goal has not ever been to change minds, my goal is to open minds.
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It ain't about who ya love, it's all about do ya love.
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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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Love is the action of soul satisfaction.
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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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Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.
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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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Many kids in foster homes have a lot of emotions that are hard to get out. It's important to let them know they can make a difference in the community.
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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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Whenever people go out of their way to help other people - there's power and beauty in our diversity.
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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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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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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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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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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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When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley you mostly hear dance hall music.
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Every single soul is a poem.
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The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change.
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