Michael Franti Quotes - Page 3

I was adopted when I was a baby. My mother carried me for nine months and she held me for one hour, and didn't see me again.

The hardest part about what I do, the most vulnerable place is my relationship with my family and Sara, my amazing partner, because I'm leaving a lot. And as a touring artist, I'm constantly coming and going, but also when I'm at home, my studio's at home. I'm leaving to go into a music world in my head.

The most difficult part for me is feeling connected to the people that I love but always being on the go to different places.

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.

No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.

Music gets us in touch with our emotions in a way that's more intimate than any other art form.

Only a rat can win a rat race.

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.

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.

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.

I'm a news junkie who's constantly reading newspapers and magazines. I look around and see what's happening in the world.

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.

I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.

I think the main thing I would say is, don't settle. Don't settle for something that's not great.