Best quotes by Michael Franti on Music

Checkout quotes by Michael Franti on Music

  • 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.
    - Michael Franti
  • Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
    - Michael Franti
  • 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.
    - Michael Franti
  • Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music.
    - Michael Franti
  • 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.
    - Michael Franti
  • Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.
    - Michael Franti
  • Everyone deserves music.
    - Michael Franti
  • Through music I either tame my demons or unleash them and allow them to be what they are. I don't want the music to be about provocation, I want the music to bring you to a place where you feel at home.
    - Michael Franti
  • When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley; you mostly hear dance hall music.
    - Michael Franti
  • Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have to find some truth and put that in their music.
    - Michael Franti
  • The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed.
    - Michael Franti
  • People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music.
    - Michael Franti