My music is part of the quest I have to find new ways of telling stories, and also, I want to inspire people.
Michael Franti
Everyone deserves music.
Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
My house was filled with music. We had a piano, and my brothers and sisters played instruments. Even though I was around it, I played basketball.
I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people, especially with music that has a... →
I'd play music on the street, especially in developing nations where a lot of kids couldn't wear shoes. In order to relate with kids that... →
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... →
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... →
The Mekons were kind of like the background music of my life.
Jonathan Franzen
I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have... →
Brendan Fraser