It's that transformative nature of love and music and yoga that really inspires me. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
When I first started, my songs were the politics of anger. As I got older and hopefully wiser, I wanted to be… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
My music is part of the quest I have to find new ways of telling stories, and also, I want to inspire… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
My house was filled with music. We had a piano, and my brothers and sisters played instruments. Even though I was around… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
In Jamaica, the music is recorded for the sound system, not the iPod. It's about experiencing music together, with other people. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
“Music is too loud for just one station, love is too large for just one nation life is too short to make… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
The way the music comes to you starts to affect how you listen to music. When you're a kid, it's 'Does it… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I took a trip in 2004, a year after the war started in Iraq. I played music on the streets of Baghdad… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I'd play music on the street, especially in developing nations where a lot of kids couldn't wear shoes. In order to relate… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
We would play songs live on stage, and then we'd watch their reaction we were receiving immediately, if people were dancing and… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Recording in Jamaica is like nothing else. The studios are always closed in America. But in Jamaica, the studio doors are wide… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Traveling to the Middle East and playing music for people on the street, for soldiers, for people in hospitals, and for people… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a communicator of ideas through music. Today, I wanna be the most effective musical communicator of social… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Through music I either tame my demons or unleash them and allow them to be what they are. I don't want the… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Be who you are nothing more nothing less, and let the beauty that you love be the very best. Sing praises to… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art.… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I have a desire that I want to make people feel happy through my music. I'm always trying to find optimistic ways… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Music gets us in touch with our emotions in a way that's more intimate than any other art form. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Music was a central part of my childhood because my mother played organ and piano in the church, and that meant all… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
All my songs are different, but from the overall experience, I want people to sense that they can overcome and move through… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Music is also one of the great heart openers. Sometimes, you hear the lyrics of a song and you dance, laugh, smile,… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people,… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Life is too short to make just one decision, music is too loud for just one station, love is too big for… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
The most difficult part for me is feeling connected to the people that I love but always being on the go to different places. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
We don't have to be good, you know? No one's telling us that we have to do good things, but we do them because… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
The personal revolution is far more difficult, and is the first step in any revolution. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
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,… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Jamaica's a country of great dichotomy. On the one hand you have a tourist industry with great beaches and resorts, but on the other… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I believe that in order to tackle the big issues of the world today, like environmental issues, we need everybody's involvement. We need the… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Don't fear the night time, Because the monsters know that you're divine. And don't fear the sunshine, Because everything is better in the summer… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
