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“Power to the peaceful!”

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Michael Franti, born on April 21, 1966, is an American poet, musician, and social activist. His poetry and music are known for their positive messages, advocacy for social justice, and equality, resonating with a wide audience. more

“As for the Folsom Prison show, ... would anybody have the guts to do that show now 50 Cent, maybe I think the whole idea of even playing to a crowd of people like that is so politically unfavorable now - it's like, 'What are you doing, singing for these people Do they deserve it' There's such anger in our culture right now, that kind of grace and forgiveness, we don't see that very often.”

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Author:James Mangold

“My life is singing. I don't plan on retiring. I plan to die on a stage. I can have a headache but when it's time to sing and I step on that stage there is no more headache.”

I Can Life Is Dies Steps Plans Stage Singing Retiring Headache

Author:Celia Cruz

“God gave me a gift of singing and playing the piano, and when I do it, it's exciting, of course. But it's more than that. It's truly the way God created me to release my soul and my spirit, to really worship him. ... I'm made to create music.”

Way Made Soul Spirit Courses Worship Singing Exciting My Soul Release Piano

Author:Amy Williams

“Singing brings out in me what I can't normally bring out in everyday life. It's an incredible feeling to be able to bare your soul to people you've never met in a way that can make them understand so clearly what you mean. That's what I love most about singing ... it becomes my truest form of communication.”

People Way Mean I Can Soul Feelings Able Form Communication Mets Singing Everyday Incredibles Your Soul Everyday Life Truest

Author:Josh Groban

“Idiom is larger than geography it is the hot breath of a people singing, slashing, explorative. Imagery becomes the magic denominator, the language of a passage, saying the ancient unchanging particulars.”

People Language Magic Singing Hot Breaths Ancient Passages Imagery Geography Unchanging Idiom

Book:Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective : a Collection of Essays

Source: Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective : a Collection of Essays

“In the distance someone is singing.”

Singing Distance

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

Quote by Michael Franti

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