My goal has not ever been to change minds, my goal is to open minds. Michael Franti More Quotes by Michael Franti More Quotes From Michael Franti Power to the peaceful! Michael Franti peacefullovepeace It doesnt matter if youre black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful. Michael Franti gaymeaningfulcountry I want to promote positivity. Michael Franti positivitywant Music gets us in touch with our emotions in a way that's more intimate than any other art form. Michael Franti emotionwayart It was hard for me, as a father, to imagine going through what my birth mom went through, to raise a child inside of her for nine months, and then have to say goodbye. And so it's hard for me to understand that pain and that process. Michael Franti momgoodbyechildren Bonnaroo has kind of become the granddaddy of all American festivals. The thing I love about it most is that it wasn't born out of picking the top ten bands off the Billboard chart and creating a festival around it. Michael Franti creatingthings-i-loveband It ain't about who ya love, it's all about do ya love. Michael Franti Only a rat can win a rat race. Michael Franti ratsracewinning My mother and father took me in and provided everything for me - the love, nurturing, basic necessities - to give me the space to grow wings, so that when I went out into the world, I could fly. Michael Franti motherwingsfather If you love the planet or the neighborhood - you're finding ways to satisfy the soul of the planet or satisfy the soul of the neighborhood. Michael Franti planetssoulway The corporate media is there to push the agenda of the sponsors, and many of those sponsors are weapons manufacturers. So it stands to reason that you won't get a diversity of opinions on television. Michael Franti agendasdiversitymedia I'm a news junkie who's constantly reading newspapers and magazines. I look around and see what's happening in the world. Michael Franti newsreadinglooks 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 empoweringcommunitypeople I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see. Michael Franti found 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 we know it makes other people feel good and it makes us feel good. Michael Franti feel-goodgood-thingspeople 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 resources of the corporate world. We need the cooperation of governments. We need the wisdom of indigenous people. Michael Franti governmentorderbelieve I think that the transformative nature of love is why we are so drawn to it. Michael Franti love-isthinking I think the main thing I would say is, don't settle. Don't settle for something that's not great. Michael Franti settlingthinking Music and yoga have a great synergy. Michael Franti synergyyoga I always know when a song is good or close to finished. When I sing it, it makes me feel the emotion. My tears will start flowing or I'll start laughing. I'll start feeling whatever intensity or emotion was the seed of that song. Michael Franti feelingssonglaughing
