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Music Quotes by Michael Franti
- The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed.
- 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…
- Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
- 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.
- Life is too short to make just one decision, music is too loud for just one station, love is too big for just one nation,…
- Everyone deserves music.
- Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.
- 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…
- Be who you are nothing more nothing less, and let the beauty that you love be the very best. Sing praises to the highest with…
- Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy…
- Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have to…
- My music is part of the quest I have to find new ways of telling stories, and also, I want to inspire people.
- Traveling to the Middle East and playing music for people on the street, for soldiers, for people in hospitals, and for people who lost their…
- Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood.
- Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
More Music Quotes
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- Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong