Janis Ian
Janis Ian
Janis Ianis an American singer-songwriter who was mostly active in the 1960s and 1970s; her most successful song, At Seventeen, was released as a single from her 1975 album Between the Lines which reached number 1 on the Billboard chart...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth7 April 1951
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
couple good-luck writing
I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things.
song humble hard-times
Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have.
home way knows
Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.
real writing talking
I write a lot from instinct. But as you're writing out of instinct, once you reach a certain level as a songwriter, the craft is always there talking to you in the back of your head...that tells you when it's time to go to the chorus, when it's time to rhyme. Real basic craft... it's second nature.
mean-girls teacher dog
I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.
country son gay
I think these last 10 years have seen just a huge shift in the psyche of this country as regards gay people. I think AIDS had a lot to do with it. So many families who really believed they'd 'never met one' were suddenly confronted with their sons becoming ill, and friends of sons. I think that brought a lot of it into the open.
mean-girls drink shooter
Did you have an awesome time? Did you drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak up each others awesomeness?
self people ignorant
Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.
taken talent effects
The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has.
guitar playing-guitar
I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.
book avid car
I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.
more-time leaving-me
Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.
home phones grace
Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.
girl dream ugly-duckling
Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.