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Ani DiFranco Quotes

I did a lot of work with myself over the course of being pregnant and the first few months of being pregnant. It’s nice, the pace of being pregnant; it gives you a long time to not just germinate a baby but germinate the mother that you’re gonna be Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t care if they eat me alive, I’ve got better things to do then survive Picture Quote #1

When I was like sixteen, I was a total chick I had big hair. I was seen as this attractive girl, and I would get all this attention. And then I just cut off my hair, and I quit playing that game Picture Quote #1

Now I wonder who is gonna be president: Tweedle Dumb, or Tweedle Dumber-- And who is gonna have the big block buster box office this summer Picture Quote #1

Some people’s minds we’re not going to change. But if we can’t, we need to bring more positive voices into the discussion Picture Quote #1

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I fight with love and I laugh with rage....you gotta live light enough to see the humor, and long enough to see some change Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Stepped out into the cold, collar high, under the slate gray sky. The air was smoking and the streets were dry, and I wasn’t joking when I said goodbye Picture Quote #1

When all you can think of is your own personal problems, you have nothing to give to your society. If you’re trying to figure out where your next meal is coming from, you can’t go march on Washington Picture Quote #1

Second Wave feminism started with consciousness-raising groups, which sounds big but it’s really just house parties. Women getting together and saying, You feel this way?! Me too! Hanging out is consciousness-raising Picture Quote #1

All of youth culture is packaged and sold back to us at this furious rate these days. I think it’s part and parcel to this corporate encroachment on our lives in general Picture Quote #1

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As any mom knows, having a baby is an extremely creative act and to love and create a baby, it’s on par with any other creative act that we could come up with Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Imagine you’re a girl, just trying to finally come clean, knowing full well they’d prefer you were dirty and smiling Picture Quote #1

I’m pretty much a workaholic, but when you’re doing what you love it’s hard to think of a reason to stop Picture Quote #1

If you think you know what I’m doing wrong well you’re gonna have to get in line Picture Quote #1

Outside sleep’s open window, between the drops of rain, history is writing a recipe book for every earthly pain Picture Quote #1

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I am a thinned-skinned type. I am very sensitive, very emotional. Vulnerability is kind of always a part of my day Picture Quote #1

There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism. People look at me sideways now and are like, With everything going on, the destruction of the environment, these endless wars, this capitalism that has a stranglehold on our culture and our world and you’re talking about feminism still? Picture Quote #1

The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society Picture Quote #1

You’ve already put more than enough energy into worry. That’s all women have been allowed to do, historically Picture Quote #1

For every hand extended another lies in wait. Keep your eye on that one girl...anticipate Picture Quote #1

And if there’s anything I do it’s change and grow. I’m just a living being. Every year of my life I seem to learn that everything I know is wrong Picture Quote #1

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You’re trying to fight gravity on a planet that insists that love is like falling, and falling is like this Picture Quote #1

For me, the stronger ground I have in my personal life, then the more will I have to fight the good fight Picture Quote #1

My political mission is as acute as ever. For me, in addition to kind of looking at the world and trying to engage in my society politically, having the kid around sort of makes me check in with myself. I think you’re all busy trying to fix the world, but what about yourself? Picture Quote #1

I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they’re both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally Picture Quote #1

All the wrong people have the power of suggestion and the freedom of the press is meaningless if nobody asks a question Picture Quote #1

...when you grow up surrounded by willful ignorance, you have to believe that mercy has it’s own country and that it’s round and borderless Picture Quote #1

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I did a lot of work with myself over the course of being pregnant and the first few months of being pregnant. It’s nice, the pace of being pregnant; it gives you a long time to not just germinate a baby but germinate the mother that you’re gonna be. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) 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. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) I don’t care if they eat me alive, I’ve got better things to do then survive (Ani DiFranco Quotes) When I was like sixteen, I was a total chick I had big hair. I was seen as this attractive girl, and I would get all this attention. And then I just cut off my hair, and I quit playing that game. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) Now I wonder who is gonna be president: Tweedle Dumb, or Tweedle Dumber-- And who is gonna have the big block buster box office this summer. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) Some people’s minds we’re not going to change. But if we can’t, we need to bring more positive voices into the discussion. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) I fight with love and I laugh with rage....you gotta live light enough to see the humor, and long enough to see some change... (Ani DiFranco Quotes) 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. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) Stepped out into the cold, collar high, under the slate gray sky. The air was smoking and the streets were dry, and I wasn’t joking when I said goodbye. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) When all you can think of is your own personal problems, you have nothing to give to your society. If you’re trying to figure out where your next meal is coming from, you can’t go march on Washington. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) Second Wave feminism started with consciousness-raising groups, which sounds big but it’s really just house parties. Women getting together and saying, You feel this way?! Me too! Hanging out is consciousness-raising. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) All of youth culture is packaged and sold back to us at this furious rate these days. I think it’s part and parcel to this corporate encroachment on our lives in general. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) As any mom knows, having a baby is an extremely creative act and to love and create a baby, it’s on par with any other creative act that we could come up with. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) 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. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) Imagine you’re a girl, just trying to finally come clean, knowing full well they’d prefer you were dirty and smiling. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) I’m pretty much a workaholic, but when you’re doing what you love it’s hard to think of a reason to stop. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) If you think you know what I’m doing wrong well you’re gonna have to get in line... (Ani DiFranco Quotes) Outside sleep’s open window, between the drops of rain, history is writing a recipe book for every earthly pain. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) I am a thinned-skinned type. I am very sensitive, very emotional. Vulnerability is kind of always a part of my day. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism. People look at me sideways now and are like, With everything going on, the destruction of the environment, these endless wars, this capitalism that has a stranglehold on our culture and our world and you’re talking about feminism still? (Ani DiFranco Quotes) The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) You’ve already put more than enough energy into worry. That’s all women have been allowed to do, historically... (Ani DiFranco Quotes) For every hand extended another lies in wait. Keep your eye on that one girl...anticipate. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) And if there’s anything I do it’s change and grow. I’m just a living being. Every year of my life I seem to learn that everything I know is wrong. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) You’re trying to fight gravity on a planet that insists that love is like falling, and falling is like this. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) For me, the stronger ground I have in my personal life, then the more will I have to fight the good fight. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) My political mission is as acute as ever. For me, in addition to kind of looking at the world and trying to engage in my society politically, having the kid around sort of makes me check in with myself. I think you’re all busy trying to fix the world, but what about yourself? (Ani DiFranco Quotes) I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they’re both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) All the wrong people have the power of suggestion and the freedom of the press is meaningless if nobody asks a question. (Ani DiFranco Quotes) ...when you grow up surrounded by willful ignorance, you have to believe that mercy has it’s own country and that it’s round and borderless... (Ani DiFranco Quotes)

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