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
song lying artist
I don't know if there are artists out there who love their own records. I haven't met any, and I'm kind of extreme in the other direction, but therein lies the impetus to keep working and keep making new songs and new records.
mom support parent
I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.
mirrors feel-good way
I'm searching, as we all are, for ways to feel good about myself. Certainly, looking in the mirror doesn't do it!
baby ideas littles
I had a little bit of resistance to the idea of taking energy away from my work, and the baby comes along and, lo and behold, that's exactly what happens.
bread bread-and-butter shows
Playing show after show is like my bread and butter.
hate mind female-musicians
I don't hate being compared with female musicians. I don't mind that at all. I have no problem with seeing connections between women's work.
eye past phoenix
God help you if you are a phoenix and you dare to rise up from the ash a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy while you are just flying past
stronger energy looks
The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society.
believe inspire together
I do believe that music has an intense power to connect us together, to inspire us to become ourselves.
song attitude writing
When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to in my writing is that 'just say it' attitude of my songs. There really is nothing personal or private; it's all universal, if you can just find the courage to be open about your life.
reading people worry
It can be very frustrating and very deflating to be constantly defined and described by other people, so I've stopped reading anything written about me, and I find it much healthier. I just sort of concentrate on what I do and don't worry too much about that.
balance fundamentals addresses
Patriarchy is a fundamental imbalance underlying society And it's one we rarely address because it's so universal. But as I get older, I see that peace is a product of balance.
fighting stronger fight-the-good-fight
For me, the stronger ground I have in my personal life, then the more will I have to fight the good fight.
thinking solitary persons
I think I'm a very solitary person. To actually not be anonymous is a bit claustrophobic for me.