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
jobs creativity exercise
I love to exercise my creativity in many ways but as each year of specialization goes by I feel further and further from my other creative selves. I used to be able to see myself doing many things and sometimes I still long for a job that involves less pressure and grappling with people but, as you say, I am one of the lucky ones so I try to just focus on feeling lucky and carry on!
children creativity ideas
I knew naturally as a child not to forfeit my creativity to a world that's all laid out for me. I'll look at everything around me and vow to keep in mind that alla this is just someone's idea. It could have just as well been mine.
gonna learned life maybe teach train
Maybe I'll live my whole life just getting by. Maybe I'll be discovered; maybe I'll be colonized. You could try to train me like a pet, you could try to teach me to behave, I'll tell you that I haven't learned it yet, I ain't gonna sit, I ain't gonna
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.
doubt fit happened
you can doubt anythingif you think about it long enoughcuz what happened always adjusts to fit what happened after that
cuz doubt fit happened
you can doubt anything if you think about it long enough cuz what happened always adjusts to fit what happened after that
army-and-navy rehearsing
We're all rehearsing for the presidency. I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman-army.
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.
club life membership owe people
I've got more than one membership to more than one club and I owe my life to the people that I love.
free gonna home leave sing
Take me home. Take me home and leave me there. Think I'm gonna cry, don't know why. Think I'm gonna sing myself a lullaby. Feel free to listen. Feel free to stare.
admire
even when i look right at you i always just see through and i always just see new things to admire about you
balloon began bit forth hope money passions people
As it began to balloon before our eyes, and more and more and more and more people and money were involved, it was a bit overwhelming. But you just go forth with your passions and hope for the best.
blood blue cuz nation office oval phony royal son third thumb
Cuz take away our playstations and we are a third world nation under the thumb of some blue blood royal son who stole the oval office and that phony election.
both close oh
Both hands... Now use both hands. Oh no, don't close your eyes.