American - Musician | April 21, 1967 -
I hope I inspire people to dream bigger than what they are living, but a dream within their reach.
Michael Franti
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The more places I go to, the more I realize I understand so little about the world.
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I really believe that, as an artist, my opportunity to help to bring about awakening is one that should come from a personal process that someone has, and not from me telling somebody that this is the way it is.
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My usual day is I get up around 11 o'clock and do yoga and then eat afterwards. Then I have sound check and play soccer and do running with the guys in the band after sound check, and then do the show and eat dinner after the show and usually get to bed around 3 o'clock by the time we get everybody on the bus and get rolling.
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I really encourage people to travel so we can see how the rest of the world views our country. That's really important. Secondly, as artists, activists, and citizens who vote, we have to begin to vote from our heart.
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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 homes, and seeing people open up through the experience of music really restored my faith in music, in art, and in culture to change things.
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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.
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I always identified with that feeling of being an underdog. So I always was looking to connect with and meet people from other cultures, to experience people living a different life that I am.
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Recording in Jamaica is like nothing else. The studios are always closed in America. But in Jamaica, the studio doors are wide open, and there's music blasting out in the street. You can see the reaction of people immediately.
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In Jamaica, the music is recorded for the sound system, not the iPod. It's about experiencing music together, with other people.
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It's a really personal thing for me to write a song.
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I have moments all the time when I play.
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