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
revolution praying stills
I am still praying for revolution.
change sky waiting
While out in TV Nation, under darkening skies, the resistance is just waiting to be organized.
feminism folks folk-music
I love all those great 'f' words - feminism, folk music..
facts proud seems
But as bad as I am, I'm proud of the fact that I'm worse than I seem
insanity break
What doesn't bend, breaks.
education brain facts
A good brain ain't diddley, if you don't have the facts.
bored feelings unanswered-questions
What makes you so lavish that you can afford to spend every sober moment feeling angry and bored?
thinking social-taboos people
I use my dress to wipe up my drink, I care less and less what people think.
social-taboos noses ears
How come I can pick my ears, but not my nose? Who made up that rule anyway? How can you say that's the way it is, that's just the way it goes, why don't you decide fore yourself what you can do?
sex lying bed
Lying in bed, you know, you don't seem so tall.
work mind tails
Science chases money, and money chases its tail, and the best minds of my generation cannot make bail.
self occupation self-preservation
Self-Preservation is a full-time occupation.
american-musician criticise far trying
We have to be able to criticise what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if your not trying to make something better, than as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.
good miss stuff trip
When I look down, I miss all the good stuff when I look up, I just trip over things