40 Quotes by Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco is an American singer-songwriter and activist, known for her fiercely independent spirit, her incisive lyrics, and her virtuosic guitar playing. Born in Buffalo, New York, in 1970, DiFranco began playing guitar at a young age and soon started writing her own songs. She gained a following in the 1990s with her self-released albums and her commitment to feminist and progressive causes. DiFranco’s music blends elements of folk, rock, and jazz, and her lyrics often tackle political and social issues with wit and passion. She has released over 20 albums over the course of her career and remains an influential figure in the world of independent music. (Bio)
Ani DiFranco Quotes
I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.
One of my rules is: Never TRY to do anything. Just do it. (Meaning)
Maybe you don’t like your job, maybe you didn’t get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there’s no escape, there’s no excuse, so just suck up and be nice.
We are taught to view pain as an enemy, not a teacher. But pain is the right hand of growth and transformation. Pain is in the history of all human wisdom.
I walk like I’m on a mission ’cause that’s the way I groove. I got more and more to do and less and less to prove.
We are wise, wise women. We are giggling girls.
I don’t take good pictures ’cause I have the kind of beauty that moves.
Pop stardom is not very compelling. I’m much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there’s no pomp and circumstance to the performance. There’s no, like, ‘I’ll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.’
Love is a piano dropped from a fourth story window, and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. (Meaning)
If you don’t ask the right question, every answer seems wrong –
The world owes us nothing; we owe each other the world.
The windows of my soul are made of one-way glass, don’t bother looking into my eyes if there’s something you want to know, just ask
My country tis of thee, to take swings at each other on talk show TV.
If you want to challenge the system, don’t go to bed with it.
Freedom and democracy, That’s the word from Washington every day. Put America to sleep with warm milk and clichés, And people are expendable along the way.
When I look down, I miss all the good stuff And when I look up, I just trip over things.
I was blessed with a birth and a death, and I guess I just want some say in between.
Smile pretty and watch your back
They taught me different was wrong.
I am not a pretty girl. I don’t want to be a pretty girl. No, I want to be more than a pretty girl.
Self-Preservation is a full-time occupation.
The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society.
Love isn’t over when the sheets are stained.
There’s a paradox in every paradigm.
I just don’t know any other word than “feminist” that describes a person who believes women are people.
To split yourself in two is just the most radical thing you can do
I will not be afraid to let my talent shine.
There’s a crowd of people harbored in each person There are so many roles that we play.
Someday you’re going to get hungry and eat most of the words you just said.
Those who call the shots are never in the line of fire.
I envy your ignorance, I hear that it’s bliss.
Words are hotter than flames. Words are wetter than water.
We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse.
Privilege is a headache, that you don’t know that you don’t have.
I have earned my disillusionment.
What doesn’t bend, breaks.
It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there’s me.
TIME is not a thing that’s ours to lose.
I am 32 flavors and then some.
Maybe you can keep me from never being happy, but you’re not going to stop me from HAVING FUN!
― Ani DiFranco Quotes
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