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Michael Franti
American
Musician
Born:
Apr 21
,
1967
Change
Me
Music
People
World
You
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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.
Michael Franti
Good
People
Poverty
Out
Collectively
Lift
Advancing
Empower
Policy
Essential
Themselves
Communities
Help
Activists
Marginalized
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.
Michael Franti
Respect
World
Treat
Mother
Opportunity
Fly
Made
Own
Others
Our
Out
Could
Develop
Had
Knew
House
Also
She
Sure
Got
Came
Were
Left
Same
Us
Across
Grow
Treated
Treatment
The way the music comes to you starts to affect how you listen to music. When you're a kid, it's 'Does it rock? Does it make me feel good? Does it make me tap my feet? Does it make me go to sleep?'
Michael Franti
Music
Good
Me
You
Feel Good
Starts
Way
Kid
Feel
Feet
Make
Does
Rock
How
Go
Affect
Tap
Listen
Sleep
The more places I go to, the more I realize I understand so little about the world.
Michael Franti
World
About
More
Understand
Go
Places
Little
Realize
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.
Michael Franti
Music
Myself
Happy
People
Ways
Find
Through
Feel
Make
Always
Optimistic
Trying
Want
Express
Desire
In Jamaica, the music is recorded for the sound system, not the iPod. It's about experiencing music together, with other people.
Michael Franti
Music
Together
People
Other
System
About
Recorded
Sound
iPod
Jamaica
Experiencing
People worry that gas prices are high and how they are affecting their pocket book. But they want to know about renewable energy. People are really starting to question things, and that's made people look to the future in a positive way.
Michael Franti
Positive
Future
Book
People
Made
Energy
Worry
Positive Way
Way
High
About
Pocket
Prices
Know
Look
Renewable
Renewable Energy
How
Affecting
Question
Want
Really
Things
Gas
Gas Prices
Starting
It's a really personal thing for me to write a song.
Michael Franti
Me
Song
Write
Personal
Personal Thing
Really
Thing
Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.
Michael Franti
Music
Stronger
Sense
Energy
Gives
Purpose
New
Us
I have moments all the time when I play.
Michael Franti
Time
Moments
Play
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.
Michael Franti
You
Somebody
Else
Back
Everything
Willing
Give
Could
Wished
Bliss
Get
Eternal
Away
Ever
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.
Michael Franti
Emotions
Important
Community
Kids
Out
Know
Make
Make A Difference
Lot
Get
Difference
Them
Hard
Many
Foster
Homes
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.
Michael Franti
Politics
Anger
First
Older
Hopefully
Songs
Part
Wiser
Got
Answers
Were
Wanted
Started
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.
Michael Franti
People
Sex
Other
Caring
Hating
Hurting
About
Could
Understand
How
Get
Same
Same-Sex
Upset
Each
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.
Michael Franti
Music
People
Punk
Way
Punk Rock
More
Both
Reaching
Message
Rock
Rock Bands
Hip-Hop
Came
Up
Bands
Found
Universal
Playing
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