Ani DiFranco quotes

Ani DiFranco is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist known for her folk-influenced music and fierce independence. Her lyrics often explore themes of feminism, politics, and social justice. She has inspired generations with her do-it-yourself ethic and advocacy for progressive causes. Here are 162 of her quotes:

Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake. Sometimes there's poetry written right on the bathroom wall. (Ani DiFranco)
I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap. View quote
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Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant. View quote
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Taken out of context I must seem so strange. View quote
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Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice. View quote
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Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right. View quote
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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. View quote
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It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me. View quote
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I don't care if they eat me alive, I've got better things to do then survive. View quote
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Love is a piano dropped from a fourth story window, and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. View quote
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Life is a b movie. It's stupid and it's strange, A directionless story, And the dialogue is lame. But in the he said, she said, Sometimes there's some poetry, If you turn your back long enough, And let it happen naturally. (Ani DiFranco)
My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do. View quote
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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. View quote
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They can call me crazy if I fail, all the chance that I need, is one-in-a-million and they can call me brilliant if I succeed. View quote
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The world owes us nothing; we owe each other the world. View quote
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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. View quote
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I am writing graffiti on your body. I am drawing the story of how hard we tried. View quote
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They say that the truth will set you free But then again, so will a lie... It depends if you're trying to get to the promised land Or if you're just trying to get by. View quote
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My life may not be something special But it's never been lived before. View quote
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I still define myself by the places that I've been. View quote
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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. (Ani DiFranco)
I was blessed with a birth and a death, and I guess I just want some say in between. View quote
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Freedom and democracy, That's the word from Washington every day. Put America to sleep with warm milk and clichés, And people are expendable along the way. View quote
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My country tis of thee, to take swings at each other on talk show TV. View quote
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I am still praying for revolution. View quote
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Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco - Image
Photo: Erinc Salor, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: September 23, 1970
Quotes count: 162
Wikipedia: Ani DiFranco

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