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
army mediocrity hours
I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour.
ego explanation hairdos
We've got ego's like hairdos.
community littles too-much
My music doesn't really sound like punk music, it's acoustic. And it doesn't really sound like folk music 'cause I'm thrashing too hard and emoting a little too much for the sort of introspective, respectful, sort-of folk genre thing. I'm really into punk and folk as music that comes out of communities and is very genuine and very immediate and not commercial.
goodbye sky air
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.
style causes walks
I'll walk the plank and I'll jump with a smile, cause if I'm gonna go down I'm gonna do it with style.
sadness tired men
I know men are delicate origami creatures who need women to unfold them, hold them when they cry. But I am tired of being your savior and I am tired of telling you why.
art pain hard-work
I turned my pain into art and my hard work into a career. Helping myself has helped others. helping others has helped me.
war fighting tools
I sing sometimes for the war that I fight, 'Cause every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.
play world explanation
Take away our play stations and we are a third world nation.
blessed want birth
I was blessed with a birth and a death, and I guess I just want some say in between.
shut-up
There isn't much I have to say, that I wouldn't rather just shut up and do.
tools weapons ifs
Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.
government ecosystems perfection
You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance.
anger everyday trying
I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've always had a place in my music for my anger as a way of compensating for not having a mechanism to express it in my everyday life. So I've been trying to be more true to myself, and that helps me to chill out a little bit. But politically, uh-uh. No.