Michael Franti Quotes

All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.
Michael Franti

Every single soul is a poem.
Michael Franti

Poetry, Single, Soul

Everyone deserves music.
Michael Franti

Music, Everyone, Deserves

We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.
Michael Franti

Peace, Pieces, Bomb

Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
Michael Franti

Music, Power, Art

Power to the peaceful!
Michael Franti

Peace, Power, Peaceful

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human.
Michael Franti

Human, Sometimes, Stay

Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.
Michael Franti

Music, Power, War

During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come.
Michael Franti

Change, Education, Energy

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.
Michael Franti

Change, Music, Help

I think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different.
Michael Franti

Different, Soul, Reaching

If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land. This is a recipe for major security problems.
Michael Franti

Change, Food, Negative

Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience.
Michael Franti

Change, Money, Help

My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.
Michael Franti

Hurt, Fight, Parents

No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.
Michael Franti

Life, Brother, Worth

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.
Michael Franti

Music, War, Happy

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.
Michael Franti

Change, Alone, Action

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.
Michael Franti

Sun, Put, Wanted

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.
Michael Franti

Music, Home, Through

When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world.
Michael Franti

Angry, Thought, Enough

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Nationality: American

Born: April 21, 1967

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