Michael Franti Quotes

I always used to tell others that 'we should make films to make the people happy.'

Our sole mission on this show is to make people think, make people feel, and make people happy as much as we can.

I take pride in the fact that people go home having felt that for 90 minutes today, life is beautiful - and that's it, basically. That's why professional football exists.

Of course, music is still a passion for me, and my new sort of career doing radio is also a passion, but definitely to be able to put a smile on someone's face. Or just waking up every day, trying to figure out how I can change a person's life for the better.

I love making people smile. I get so much energy through interacting and feeling like I've made a difference, a small difference.

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.

If I'm bringing joy to people and entertaining people as an actor, then I should be grateful for that and act accordingly, you know?

Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?

I want to be the joy to people through my work.

There are so many people that have come up to me during our shows and tell me: 'The hour that we are watching your show is the hour that my kids are happiest and are smiling, they are laughing,' and that is what I long to do.

I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.

I love being able to perform in front of people. I like potentially making a difference in somebody's day or somebody's life.

I just want the audience to have a wonderful, happy feeling inside them and leave with big smiles on their faces.

Everyone enjoys music and film. It just makes people happy or makes them feel things. We're not saving peoples' lives, but if we are entertaining them, that's as much as I can contribute in this life.

I want to be able to touch people's heart through my music. I want to bring a smile on every face. In my own humble, small way, I want to touch lives.

My job is to entertain people and make them happy. I'm blessed to be able to do that.

That's the most important thing is how we reach the WWE Universe and how we inspire people in their life. If I can do that and be given the chance to do it, it's really the best thing we do.

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.

I love that feeling of inspiring other women.

There's no better feeling than making somebody smile.

I know that I've been put on this Earth to make people happy, to inspire people, and to uplift people. That's a beautiful thing.

If i can do just one tenth of the good Michael Jackson did for others, i can really make a difference in this world

I think you can get happiness through making a real difference in other people's lives by setting out to make other people's lives better and setting out to right the wrongs in the world.

I think the reward for doing comedy is doing the comedy itself. You get to go to work everyday and laugh and make other people laugh and to me there's no greater reward than that.

There is no real difference between work and play - it’s all living.