People Quotes by Ani DiFranco

Music has as many roles as people make it.

— Ani DiFranco

If more people were screamin', I could relax.

— Ani DiFranco

I'm not one of those people who has an act.

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I use my dress to wipe up my drink, I care less and less what people think.

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Maybe we are both good people who've done some bad things.

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Freedom and democracy, That's the word from Washington every day. Put America to sleep with warm milk and clichés, And people are…

— Ani DiFranco

Up up up up up up points the spire of the steeple but god's work isn't done by god it's done by…

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I mean, playing music at home and writing and hanging out with my guitar is kind of medicinal for me, but when…

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Some people's minds we're not going to change. But if we can't, we need to bring more positive voices into the discussion.

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In any marginalized community, whether people identify themselves or not affects us all.

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It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

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I just see a lot of people who are really terrified of the "f-word." A lot of women these days, a lot…

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I just don't know any other word than "feminist" that describes a person who believes women are people.

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You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government…

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People used to make records, as in the record of an event, the event of people playing music in a room, and…

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Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know 'cause I'm like…

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When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to…

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I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so…

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I'm a little hibernating animal. Anonymity is one of my favorite things. I mean, that's why I moved to New York when…

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People talk about my image, like I come in two dimensions, like lipstick is a sign of my declining mind, like what…

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My main tactic is to focus on the people I respect. The people I think are great people. Do I have their…

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My mother was a feminist, and she gave me some tools of self-possession and self-empowerment, but now that I have lived here…

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I love my country, by which I mean I am indebted joyfully to all the people throughout its history, who have fought…

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I hope progressive ways of thinking will permeate the "mainstream" more and more in the coming years. Goddess knows we have endured…

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Criticism is hard for me but people find hard to believe because they think I'm very tough, very strident, that I tell…

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I speak without reservation, from what I know and who I am. I do so with the understanding that all people should…

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we can't afford to do anyone harm because we owe them our lives each breath is recycled from someone else's lungs our…

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There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism. People look…

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People who are just starting out are always sort of coming to me for advice as the example of "independent girl," and…

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Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot.

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I'm an atheist how unfortunate it is to assign responsibility to the higher up for justice amongst people,

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People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that they are real.

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All the wrong people have the power of suggestion and the freedom of the press is meaningless if nobody asks a question.

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There's a crowd of people harbored in each person There are so many roles that we play.

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When I need to wipe my face, I use the back of my hand, And I like to take up space just…

— Ani DiFranco

We have a complete void of progressive politics in this country right now. The will of the people goes ignored and unrealized.…

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I hate it when people don't recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at…

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[The 'corporate takeover of people's lives'] also accounts for a lot of homogenization of culture. There are fast food restaurants everywhere. Every…

— Ani DiFranco

All the decent people, male and female, are feminists. The only people who are not feminists are those who believe that women…

— Ani DiFranco

Before Katrina, you didn't see criticism of the Bush administration in the media. Here they are, stealing elections, enacting illegal wars, huge…

— Ani DiFranco