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
song writing mean
I mean, playing music at home and writing and hanging out with my guitar is kind of medicinal for me, but when I bring the songs to people on stage, it's very joyous.
mom support parent
I've never had a very closely connected family. 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.
honesty taken strange
Taken out of context I must seem so strange.
mirrors feel-good way
I'm searching, as we all are, for ways to feel good about myself. Certainly, looking in the mirror doesn't do it!
morning fun hate
I always try and stay one step ahead of people, not looking like I looked like last week, so I can be as anonymous as possible and part of it is just for me. It is fun to just come up with new and bizarre colors for each area of your body and things like that, but there are some parts of it that I just keep wanting to negate myself. I hate waking up in the morning and recognizing the woman in the bathroom mirror.
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.
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.
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.
women moving long
I have something to prove, as long as I know there's something that needs improvement, and you know that everytime I move, I make a woman's movement.
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.
tools weapons ifs
Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.