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
hate writing men
I hate it when people don't recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to men's work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal - men's writing about their own experience tends to be put in a broader context.
father kids thinking
I really have been enjoying performing more lately than I have in a long time and you know, it's all about that sort of centered feeling that I have now. You know, thanks to, not just my kid, but her father before her. You know, I have a kind of a grounding through them that I really relish, and I think is also good for my work, you know.
song littles letters
My songs are just little letters to me.
song hero writing
Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero.
inspirational motivational anger
Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant.
long gone whole-life
I've been a long time coming, and I'll be a long time gone. You've got your whole life to do something, and that's not very long.
trying criticism able
Just let me go, we have to be able to criticize what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if you're not trying to make something better, then as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.
ideas people different
It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.
morning art thinking
Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.
mistake bigs big-mistake
Taking me seriously is a big mistake. I certainly wouldn't.
heart people boots
Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot.
depression alive care
I don't care if they eat me alive, I've got better things to do then survive.
honesty taken strange
Taken out of context I must seem so strange.
style causes surrender
If I'm gonna go down I'm gonna do it with style. You won't hear me surrender, you won't hear me confess cause you've left me with nothing but I have worked with less.