"We gathered the wild-flowers. Yes, life there seem'd one pure delight; As thro' the field we rov'd. Yes, life there seem'd one pure delight."

“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.”

Source : "Michael Franti – On Stage and on the Mat" by Felicia M. Tomasko, layoga.com. November 6, 2011.

“The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.”

“Einstein was wrong! I"M the speed of like CRACKING through shivery rainbows and GOD the sky whirls and withers like a melting RAINBOW!”

“I get tired of myself pretty fast.”

“I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.”

“Man belongs to the Earth, Earth does not belong to man”

Source : Chief Seattle, “This we know”

“At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.”

“Never doubt or question the power of love or one woman with a shovel.”

Source : Song: One Woman And a Shovel, Album: The Geography of Light, 2008