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
thinking interesting dumb
One thing I do find in the "lost" generation or something is a kind of abhorrence of history, you know, like it's boring, dumb, or just not interesting. I think it's terribly interesting if you can get your head around how it relates to where you're standing right here and now.
art media water
We're led by denial like lambs to slaughter, serving empires of style and carbonated sugar water.
real fighting thinking
You've got your whole life to do something, And that's not very long. So why don't you give me a call When you're willing to fight For what you think is real, For what you think is right.
girl doom-and-gloom hatred
God forbid you be an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.
vulnerability
Vulnerability is something that I negotiate every day.
heartless chalk hard
Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear.
sadness heart mind
I know my mind is made of matter but I need to know exactly what is the matter at it's core? Because my heart is just a muscle and simply put, it's sore.
mirrors self-love able
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
feminism concerned
There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism.
inspiring determination self
My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.
love music piano
Love is a piano dropped from a fourth story window, and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
faces mystery stranger
Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.
dirty mean thinking
I think if we can't use the word feminist, if it's some kind of taboo or dirty word, or means you're ugly, or you're angry, or you're not dateable [laughs], then you've just reduced the language by a whole concept.
stars rocks fans
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.'