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  • Poet
  • born 1966
  • 152 quotes

Michael Franti, a poet (born 1966), is quoted 152 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are People, Soul, World and Thinking.

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Power to the peaceful!

Everyone deserves music.

Every single soul is a poem.

I want to promote positivity.

Only a rat can win a rat race.

The more I see, the less I know.

Music and yoga have a great synergy.

God is too big for just one religion.

Can't keep Love like money in the bank

I feel alive when I feel ease of heart.

Love is the action of soul satisfaction.

It's never too late to start the day over.

Be who you are, nothing more... nothing less.

When we all see justice, then we'll all see peace!

All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.

It's a really personal thing for me to write a song.

It ain't about who ya love, it's all about do ya love.

Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human.

I drive a hybrid. It's a Ford Escape. That's my only car.

Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.

I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself.

Every single soul is a poem, written on the back of God's hand

History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing.

We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.

Having personal things in balance is more important than the other.

My goal has not ever been to change minds, my goal is to open minds.

Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.

Be as radiant as the sun, as healing as the rain, as generous as a tree.

No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.

I think that the transformative nature of love is why we are so drawn to it.

Television, the drug of the nation, breeding ignorance and feeding radiation.

The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change.

It's that transformative nature of love and music and yoga that really inspires me.

I think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different.

The personal revolution is far more difficult, and is the first step in any revolution.

Those who start wars, never fight them, And those who fight wars, they never like them...

You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different.

Music gets us in touch with our emotions in a way that's more intimate than any other art form.

I think the main thing I would say is, don't settle. Don't settle for something that's not great.

I hope I inspire people to dream bigger than what they are living, but a dream within their reach.

When many little people in many little places do many little things, then the whole world changes.

Whenever people go out of their way to help other people - there's power and beauty in our diversity.

I believe that through positive thoughts, speech, action and attitudes, we change things for the better.

Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood.

People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music.

San Francisco has always been a haven for misfits and weirdos. I'm both of those, which is why I came here.

I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.

My music is part of the quest I have to find new ways of telling stories, and also, I want to inspire people.

To sit back and say, 'Oh, we're going to let the government do whatever they want, right or wrong,' is giving up.

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