Michael Franti Quotes

Michael Franti is an American rapper, musician, poet, activist, documentarian, and singer-songwriter. Michael Franti is known for having participated in many musical projects , including the Beatnigs and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. He is the creator and lead vocalist of his current independent project, Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock. He is also an outspoken supporter for a wide spectrum of peace and social justice issues, and he is especially an advocate for peace in the Middle East. Wikipedia  

✵ 21. April 1966
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Famous Michael Franti Quotes

“It shouldn't be a Republican or Democratic issue whether we take care of the environment. That should be a human issue.”

Michael Franti Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s75CPceiCw&feature=related

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

Bomb the World, Everyone Deserves Music (2003)

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

Michael Franti Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s75CPceiCw&feature=related

Michael Franti Quotes

“If your partner happens to be the same sex as you, I don't have a problem with that and I don't think anyone else should.”

Interview with CollageFoundation.org
Context: I'm glad Bush is coming out so strongly against gay marriage, because I think it's time in this country for people to wake up... If your partner happens to be the same sex as you, I don't have a problem with that and I don't think anyone else should. We're not doing a service to our kids by cloistering them from reality. It's better to discuss reality.

“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,”

Interview, live at Coachella http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YMwcXBePqE
Context: 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.

“I consider myself to be a child of this whole planet.”

Interview, live at Coachella http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YMwcXBePqE
Context: 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.

“The harder they hit us, the louder we become, kind of like the skin on a drum.”

Skin On The Drum, Stay Human (2001)

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