Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.
From Michael Franti
My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.
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.
I think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different.
When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world.
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.
There are so many things to be worried about, and I wanted to make a record that people could put on, and it would lift them up the way the sun did for me each day.
Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience.
When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley; you mostly hear dance hall music.
Jamaica's a country of great dichotomy. On the one hand you have a tourist industry with great beaches and resorts, but on the other you have such great poverty and the violence that goes along with that.
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