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" We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace. "
Michael Franti
Pieces
Bomb
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" 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. "
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" I'd play music on the street, especially in developing nations where a lot of kids couldn't wear shoes. In order to relate with kids that would be following me barefoot, I would take off my shoes, and they would all laugh at me because I couldn't go three steps without wincing. "
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" People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music. "
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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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" With all the people hating and hurting each other, I don't understand how people could get upset about people of the same sex caring for each other. "
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" I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people, especially with music that has a message to it. "
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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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" Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form. "
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" Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change. "
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" Every single soul is a poem. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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Hurt
" My greatest sense of accomplishment has come from having two amazing sons, but it's also a paradox in that the times when I felt like the biggest failure have been times when I felt like, as a parent, I wasn't making the right decisions or succeeding in the way that I should. "
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" Music was a central part of my childhood because my mother played organ and piano in the church, and that meant all us kids had to be in the church choir. "
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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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Sunshine
Powerful
" San Francisco has always been a haven for misfits and weirdos. I'm both of those, which is why I came here. "
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" I eat bags and bags of cashews. I've got them in the kitchen, and about ten feet away I've got another bowl on the kitchen table. In my backpack, I've always got a bag of cashews. I started eating them in the airports because that's the one food that you can find in every airport that's actually nutritious. "
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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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" 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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" History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" Everyone deserves music. "
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