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> [and half of learning to play is learning what not to play and she's learning the spaces she leaves have their own things to say and she's trying to sing just enough so that the air around her moves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/and-half-of-learning-to-play-is-learning-what-not-to-play-and-she-s/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

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## More by Ani DiFranco

> [I am getting nowhere with you and I can't let you go and I cant get through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-am-getting-nowhere-with-you-and-i-can-t-let-you-go-and-i-cant-get/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [You've decided to love me for eternity, I'm still deciding who I want to be today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/you-ve-decided-to-love-me-for-eternity-i-m-still-deciding-who-i-want/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-ll-walk-the-plank-and-i-ll-jump-with-a-smile-cause-if-i-m-gonna-go/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [Having more exposure is kind of a bittersweet thing for me, honestly, because it's nice to have a little more job security in life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/having-more-exposure-is-kind-of-a-bittersweet-thing-for-me-honestly/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [I can jump ship and swim-- that the ocean will hold me, that there's got to be more than this boat I'm in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-can-jump-ship-and-swim-that-the-ocean-will-hold-me-that-there-s-got/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [God help you if you are an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/god-help-you-if-you-are-an-ugly-girl-course-too-pretty-is-also-your/)

[Ani Difranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [I cannot name this, I cannot explain this, and I really don't want to so just call me shameless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-cannot-name-this-i-cannot-explain-this-and-i-really-don-t-want-to/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [Somedays the line I walk turns out to be straight - Other days the line tends to deviate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/somedays-the-line-i-walk-turns-out-to-be-straight-other-days-the-line/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [Taking me seriously is a big mistake. I certainly wouldn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/taking-me-seriously-is-a-big-mistake-i-certainly-wouldn-t/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [I am a work in progress Dressed in the fabric of a world unfolding Offering me intricate patterns of questions Rhythms that never come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-am-a-work-in-progress-dressed-in-the-fabric-of-a-world-unfolding/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [We have a complete void of progressive politics in this country right now. The will of the people goes ignored and unrealized. I'm searching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/we-have-a-complete-void-of-progressive-politics-in-this-country-right/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [I'm home in New Orleans!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-m-home-in-new-orleans/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [I don't take good pictures 'cause I have the kind of beauty that moves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-don-t-take-good-pictures-cause-i-have-the-kind-of-beauty-that-moves/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [The scary truth is, you have to scratch some veneer off to gauge where the moral fiber really is in certain pockets of society.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/the-scary-truth-is-you-have-to-scratch-some-veneer-off-to-gauge-where/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

> [Both hands... Now use both hands. Oh no, don't close your eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/both-hands-now-use-both-hands-oh-no-don-t-close-your-eyes/)

[Ani Difranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

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