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
emotional kind sensitive
I am a thinned-skinned type. I am very sensitive, very emotional. Vulnerability is kind of always a part of my day.
faces mystery stranger
Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.
sadness heart mind
I know my mind is made of matter but I need to know exactly what is the matter at it's core? Because my heart is just a muscle and simply put, it's sore.
vulnerability
Vulnerability is something that I negotiate every day.
wall blow wind
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.
missing stuff looks
When I look down, I miss all the good stuff And when I look up, I just trip over things...
crazy needs succeed
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.
world
The world owes us nothing; we owe each other the world.
daughter country mean
I love my country, by which I mean I am indebted joyfully to all the people throughout its history, who have fought the government to make right. Where so many cunning sons and daughters, our foremothers and forefathers came singing through slaughter, came through hell and high water so that we could stand here, and behold breathlessly the sight; how a raging river of tears cut a grand canyon of light. Why can't all decent men and women call themselves feminists, out of respect for those that fought for this?
pain believe thinking
I believe the act of giving birth to be the single most miraculous thing a human being can do and it is surely the moment when a lot of women finally understand the depth of their power. You think it can’t possibly be done, you think you can’t possibly take the pain, and then you do-—and afterward you look at yourself in a whole new way. If you can do that, you can do anything.
feminism concerned
There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism.
eye mirrors looks
The bathroom mirror has not budged, the woman who lives there can tell the truth from the stuff they say and looks me in the eye- says do you prefer the easy way? No? Well ok then, dont cry.
feminist sexist boxes
Either you are a feminist or you are a sexist/misogynist. There is no box marked 'other.'
fighting occupy-movement needs
I've been saying the Occupy Movement has got the ball rolling, and now we need to take the fight to the great indoors!