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 laughing missing
When I look around I think this, this is good enough; And I laugh at whatever life brings because when I look down, I just miss all the good stuff and when I look up, I just trip over things.
time world this-world
We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse.
life joy seems
When everything else seems unclear, at least I'll know I do it for the joy it brings.
life expression littles
And this vague little smile is my all purpose expression the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion.
loses
TIME is not a thing that's ours to lose.
life perfect laughing
I just hope it was okay, I know it wasn't perfect, I hope in the end we can laugh and say it was all worth it.
life firsts can-do
First decide what you got to do, then go out and do it. All we can do is to see each other through it.
stupid care unfair
If you’re not angry, then you’re just stupid, you don’t care. How else can you react when something’s so unfair?
way murder metaphor
They see me as a symbol, and not a human being. That way they can kill me, say it’s not murder it’s a metaphor.
fall remember coming-back
I was supposed to be cool about this, yeah, I remember - cool was the plan. Tried to keep it all under wraps, but the wraps kept going slack. I keep turning round, I keep coming back.
together grows dies
Let's grow old and die together. Let's do it now.
fall men mind
And thoughts of no other man but you could possibly get through the picket lines to enter into my mind.
lines walks turns
Somedays the line I walk turns out to be straight - Other days the line tends to deviate.
people community marginalized
In any marginalized community, whether people identify themselves or not affects us all.