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
opportunity light feelings
Well, it's really gratifying to me to have a stage and some bright lights and a microphone. They're tools and opportunities, and to be able to just pull somebody up on stage with me and point at them is a great feeling.
love love-is sheets
Love isn't over when the sheets are stained.
art media voice
Don't tell me what they did to you as though you had no choice. Tell me, isn't that your picture? Isn't that your voice.
girl powerful warrior
I'm an all powerful amazon warrior, not just some sniveling girl.
inspiration independent ideas
I like to be an inspiration and an example of the idea that you can be independent, and it's no problem, and you can pay your rent, and it's empowering, and it's great. And that's true, but it also takes a really long time, and you have to have a lot of patience and a lot of conviction in why you want to remain independent.
art media flames
Words are hotter than flames. Words are wetter than water.
army mediocrity hours
I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour.
ego explanation hairdos
We've got ego's like hairdos.
community littles too-much
My music doesn't really sound like punk music, it's acoustic. And it doesn't really sound like folk music 'cause I'm thrashing too hard and emoting a little too much for the sort of introspective, respectful, sort-of folk genre thing. I'm really into punk and folk as music that comes out of communities and is very genuine and very immediate and not commercial.
goodbye sky air
Stepped out into the cold, collar high, under the slate gray sky. The air was smoking and the streets were dry, and I wasn't joking when I said goodbye.
style causes walks
I'll walk the plank and I'll jump with a smile, cause if I'm gonna go down I'm gonna do it with style.
sadness tired men
I know men are delicate origami creatures who need women to unfold them, hold them when they cry. But I am tired of being your savior and I am tired of telling you why.
art pain hard-work
I turned my pain into art and my hard work into a career. Helping myself has helped others. helping others has helped me.
war fighting tools
I sing sometimes for the war that I fight, 'Cause every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.