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" My house was filled with music. We had a piano, and my brothers and sisters played instruments. Even though I was around it, I played basketball. "
Michael Franti
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" 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. "
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" You get everything you could have ever wished for if you're willing to give that eternal bliss away to somebody else, to give it back. "
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" My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in a white picket neighborhood. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I really believe that, as an artist, my opportunity to help to bring about awakening is one that should come from a personal process that someone has, and not from me telling somebody that this is the way it is. "
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" I think that fear comes about when there's things in the world that we want to change, things we're scared or angry about, and we can't change them, and so we become fearful; we develop anxiety. "
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" Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose. "
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" I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself. "
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" 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. "
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" It doesn't matter if you're black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful. "
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" 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. "
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" All the freaky people make the beauty of the world. "
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" Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form. "
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" Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty for good. "
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" We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace. "
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" Everybody's opinion is equally valid, and I feel like everybody should have an opportunity to speak out, and everyone should have the courage to speak out. "
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" When I first started, my songs were the politics of anger. As I got older and hopefully wiser, I wanted to be part of the politics of answers. "
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" In Jamaica, the music is recorded for the sound system, not the iPod. It's about experiencing music together, with other people. "
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" I have a desire that I want to make people feel happy through my music. I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself. "
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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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" Recording in Jamaica is like nothing else. The studios are always closed in America. But in Jamaica, the studio doors are wide open, and there's music blasting out in the street. You can see the reaction of people immediately. "
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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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" My mother, she made sure all of us were treated the same and had the same opportunity to grow and develop, so that when we left the house, we could fly on our own. And she also knew when we got out into the world, we'd treat others that we came across with that same treatment and respect. "
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