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
good miss stuff trip
When I look down, I miss all the good stuff when I look up, I just trip over things
cold gaze living mount people pine stone toast
Here's a toast to all those people living on the pine ridge reservation under the stone cold gaze of mount rushmore
independent writing media
What I like about being independent [in the music industry] is that anybody who does play the album on the radio and anybody who does choose to write in the media does so because they want to, because they like it or because they find something interesting there, not because they have to.
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.
vulnerability
Vulnerability is something that I negotiate every day.
fundamentals disease imbalance
The fundamental imbalance that is behind all of the other social diseases is patriarchy.
offering progress fabric
I am a work in progress Dressed in the fabric of a world unfolding Offering me intricate patterns of questions Rhythms that never come clean And strengths that you still haven't seen
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.
chairs middle comfortable
When you sit right down in the middle of yourself you're gonna wanna have a comfortable chair.
elephants rooms planets
Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society.
expression progress fabric
I am a work in progress dressed in the fabric of a world unfolding.
expression silence avoiding
I'm sounding out the silence, avoiding all the words.
humility needs intense
So many of us, myself included, need to keep our sense of personal outrage in check. Each human beings position on the planet is one of intense humility.
time world this-world
We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse.