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" I always identified with that feeling of being an underdog. So I always was looking to connect with and meet people from other cultures, to experience people living a different life that I am. "
Michael Franti
Looking
Experience
I Am
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" I hope I inspire people to dream bigger than what they are living, but a dream within their reach. "
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" Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but some are in a rut. Rap doesn't have to be about boosting egos and grabbing your crotch and dissing women. There's a way to make political and social issues interesting and entertaining to the young rap audience. "
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Women
Need
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" Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. "
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Music
Sunshine
Powerful
" No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother. "
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Sister
Worth
" I don't know if it's so grand that I can change the entire world, but I know that I can help one person. So that's the goal. "
Michael Franti
Help
World
Change
" 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. "
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Said
You
Hurt
" I drive a hybrid. It's a Ford Escape. That's my only car. "
Michael Franti
Escape
Hybrid
Ford
" I try to use the attention that I get to help and to serve, and that's really what I'd see as my work - to serve my community, serve the planet, serve my family. And I think a celebrity is someone who draws the attention on themselves, and then it kind of stops there. "
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Work
Think
Family
" 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. "
Michael Franti
Justice
Cash
Labor
" I went to the University of San Francisco on an athletic scholarship. I didn't study in high school. I was just there to get by and to play basketball. But a funny thing happened to me when I got to college. I got challenged by the work and the professors. "
Michael Franti
College
Me
Play
" Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human. "
Michael Franti
Stay
Just
Hardest
" Our country was founded on immigration. We are all occupying Native American land here. At what point do we say 'It's our land, and nobody else can come here.' "
Michael Franti
Our
American
Country
" Today we are in a war against war - music is our power. "
Michael Franti
Today
War
Against
" 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
Problems
Angry
World
" In the '80s, Ronald Reagan inspired me to become politicized, because I grew up in that era when everything I cared about was under attack. "
Michael Franti
Inspired
Become
Attack
" The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed. "
Michael Franti
Way
Been
Music
" My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys who could barely play three chords. They dabbled in reggae, punk, rap, jazz. They came to a sound that could only be defined as The Clash. It was impossible to say what it was. I admire them for that. "
Michael Franti
Band
Impossible
Jazz
" History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing. "
Michael Franti
Believe
History
Doing The Right Thing
" 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
Action
Solution
Change
" 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. "
Michael Franti
Society
See
Done
" 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
Conflict
Problems
" The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change. "
Michael Franti
Change
Climate Change
World
" You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different. "
Michael Franti
Step
First
Learn
" Power to the peaceful! "
Michael Franti
Peaceful
Power
Peace
" All my songs are different, but from the overall experience, I want people to sense that they can overcome and move through difficult times and find strength in my music. Maybe it's a song that makes them cry and move through something else. "
Michael Franti
Cry
People
Experience
" We have a saying in my house, my kids and my girlfriend. We say, 'Be your best for the greater good, and rock out wherever you are.' "
Michael Franti
Say
Best
You
" I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself. "
Michael Franti
Ways
Find
Always
" I'm not an idealist. I know we're not going to be living in a world that's peace and love all the time. But we can live in a world where we kill each other a lot less. "
Michael Franti
Know
Love
Peace
" When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley; you mostly hear dance hall music. "
Michael Franti
Music
Tourist
You
" I took a trip in 2004, a year after the war started in Iraq. I played music on the streets of Baghdad for Iraqi civilians. I'd also play for U.S. soldiers at night when they were off duty in the bars. Then I would talk to people, and I would film them and ask them about their life and the conflict. "
Michael Franti
Play
War
Music