The main thing is to be myself. What I mean by that is, to be honest when called upon to express your feelings. The other thing is - maybe this should come first - to be a good listener. To close your mouth and to listen, and to be able to echo back what your partner says to you.

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Don't let mistakes be so monumental, don't let your love be so confidential, don't let your mind be so darn judgemental, and please let your heart be more influential. Be thankful for all that the spirit provides and be thankful for all that you see without eyes.

Michael Franti

thankful positive love

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

Michael Franti

littles people world

All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.

Michael Franti

freak people world

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

Michael Franti

healing rain tree

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

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hydrogen-bomb bombs peace

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 don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.

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I think of love as an action. Finding something that's outside of yourself, to serve someone else's soul, helping to ignite someone else's spirit, to bring about ease of heart and joy, serenity in somebody else.

Michael Franti

heart joy thinking

Life is too short to make just one decision, Music's too loud for just one station, Love is too big for just one nation, AND GOD IS TOO BIG FOR JUST ONE RELIGION...

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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.

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helping night world

Don't settle for something that's not great. Don't feel like having a relationship that is not serving your needs is more important than having a relationship with yourself.

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settling important needs

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

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If the first casualty of war is innocence, then perhaps with each bullet fired, bomb detonated, leader overthrown, wall built, economy destroyed and family member killed, we are not creating goodwill and harmony, but rather another child who believes violence is the only means to bring about change in the world.

Michael Franti

wall war children

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

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be-who-you-are who-you-are

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

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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, and I don't really consider myself to be a patriot in the sense that I say, 'okay, this is my nation,' I consider myself to be a child of this whole planet.

Michael Franti

together children people

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 and a stronger sense of purpose.

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sunshine powerful giving

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

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start-the-day never-too-late too-late

I've been in those relationships. You go through years of your life and at a certain point you wake up and you go, god, what am I doing here? What have I spent the last three years doing? Part of it is learning, this process you've gotta go through. You have to recognize the point at which you're not learning anymore, and be able to let it go.

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let-it-go three years

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

Michael Franti

together people art

God is too big for just one religion.

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