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
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.
sleep hands waiting
I've been waiting for sleep to offer up the day with both hands.
taught different conformity
They taught me different was wrong.
hate hands mouths
I always feel I have to take a stand, And there's always someone on hand To hate me for standing there. I always feel I have to open my mouth, And every time I do, I offend someone, somewhere.
years self parent
Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and has made me address parts of myself that I would otherwise live in comfortable denial of, or you know and - you know, for instance, my self-loathing.
girl teenage writing
I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess.
new-york mean animal
I'm a little hibernating animal. Anonymity is one of my favorite things. I mean, that's why I moved to New York when I was like 18, because there, there are just so many people that there's no one and you're just lost. You're completely invisible and I find that very liberating.