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
believe people feminist
I just don't know any other word than "feminist" that describes a person who believes women are people.
beauty moving causes
I don't take good pictures 'cause I have the kind of beauty that moves.
looks sound wonder
I wonder what you look like under your t-shirt. I wonder what you sound like when you're not wearing words. I wonder what we have when we're not pretending...
teacher pain hands
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.
independent writing media
What I like about being independent [in the music industry] is that anybody who does play the album on the radio and anybody who does choose to write in the media does so because they want to, because they like it or because they find something interesting there, not because they have to.
relationship love-you too-much
Too much is how I love you, but too well is how I know you.
strength individual-differences diversity
I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.
positivity trying just-do-it
One of my rules is: Never TRY to do anything. Just do it.
bones comfort flesh waiting
Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep.
beautiful few playing space
A few years ago, when this space was much more raw, I did a little playing here, and I thought this is going to be a beautiful place to perform.
learned people personal start
After a while, I sorta start to think there is no such thing as private, people don't like to say things that are too 'personal' but you know, if there's anything I've learned doing this for years, it's that nothing is just personal to me, I'm not that unique.
girl god hatred help prettiest secret ugly
God help you if you are an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.
beyond eat eyes flavors girl gonna might peripheral poster turn words
Squint your eyes and look closer. I'm not between you and your ambitions. I am a poster girl with no poster. I am thirty-two flavors and then some. And I'm beyond your peripheral vision, so you might want to turn your head. 'Cuz some day you are gonna get hungry, and eat all of the words you just said.
american-musician art definition ends living mean seem
Art is why I get up in the morning; my definition ends there. You know it doesn't seem fair, that I'm living for something I can't even define. And there you are right there, in the mean time.