Ani Difranco
Ani Difranco
Ani DiFrancois an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, songwriter and businesswoman. She has released more than 20 albums and is widely considered a feminist icon. DiFranco has received positive feedback from critics for much of her career...
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth23 September 1970
CityBuffalo, NY
philosophy disillusionment
I have earned my disillusionment.
philosophy light tunnels
I would rather have these things weigh on my mind. At the end of this tunnel of guilt and shame, there must be a light of some kind.
girl philosophy blood
I'm the color me happy girl, Miss live and let live. And when they're out for blood, I always give.
thinking trying waste
I never try to imagine the future. I kinda think it's a waste of time. I live in the now.
sex sleep night
At night when you're asleep, self-hatred's going to creep in. And you can blame it on the devil, the one who's bed you sleep in.
fire lines shots
Those who call the shots are never in the line of fire.
moving thinking labels
I think it is very useful to know ourselves, but when we start naming and labeling, that is dangerous, that gets problematic. It negates that things are always changing. Besides, it's hard to pin a label onto something that's always moving.
animal lgbt way
What I like way better than LGBT in terms of labeling sexuality actually is a scheme that comes to me from my friend Animal Prufrock wherein one is identified not by what they supposedly "are" but rather by what they are into. Which brings us to the terms hemosexual, shemosexual, and mosexual.
shining talent
I will not be afraid to let my talent shine.
goal matter way
Love was always the goal, and my point every step of the way was that nothing is wrong with love, no matter what flavor it comes in.
art powerful dancing
I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it.
jobs believe men
My feminism has evolved way beyond self-empowerment and I see feminism as a path to peace on earth. The fundamental imbalance that is behind all of the other social diseases is patriarchy. I do believe. As men and women, together, I really long to feel my society evolve its understanding since we're one of the leaders in the f-word. I want us to grow our idea of feminism collectively and get both men and women involved in undoing patriarchy. It's huge. It's a huge job.
thinking march-on-washington giving
When all you can think of is your own personal problems, you have nothing to give to your society. If you're trying to figure out where your next meal is coming from, you can't go march on Washington.
privilege headache knows
Privilege is a headache, that you don't know that you don't have.