--- title: "16 Littles Quotes By Ani DiFranco" description: "16 Littles quotes by Ani DiFranco. Plus more from Ani DiFranco and more Littles sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/ani-difranco-813_letters_my-songs-are-just-little-letters-to-me-2_2971483.png" --- > [My songs are just little letters to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/my-songs-are-just-little-letters-to-me/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/ani-difranco-813_letters_my-songs-are-just-little-letters-to-me-2_2971483.png) > [A little bird told me that jumping is easy and the falling is fun, right up until you hit sidewalk shivering and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/a-little-bird-told-me-that-jumping-is-easy-and-the-falling-is-fun/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/ani-difranco-813_animal_a-little-bird-told-me-that-jumping-is-ea_2383144.jpg) > [Goldfish have no memory, I guess their lives are much like mine. And the little plastic castle is a surprise everytime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/goldfish-have-no-memory-i-guess-their-lives-are-much-like-mine-and/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/ani-difranco-813_animal_goldfish-have-no-memory-i-guess-their-li_298160.png) > [And this vague little smile is my all purpose expression the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/and-this-vague-little-smile-is-my-all-purpose-expression-the-meaning/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/ani-difranco-813_discretion_and-this-vague-little-smile-is-my-all-pu_337793.jpg) > [We get a little further from perfection each year. I think that's called character. I think that's just how it goes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/we-get-a-little-further-from-perfection-each-year-i-think-that-s/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/ani-difranco-813_character_we-get-a-little-further-from-perfection_203871.png) > [Having more exposure is kind of a bittersweet thing for me, honestly, because it's nice to have a little more job security…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/ani-difranco-813_because_having-more-exposure-is-kind-of-a-bitter_33831.png) > [I had a little bit of resistance to the idea of taking energy away from my work, and the baby comes along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-had-a-little-bit-of-resistance-to-the-idea-of-taking-energy-away/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/ani-difranco-813_along_i-had-a-little-bit-of-resistance-to-the_239146.png) > [We get a little further from perfection, each year on the road, I guess that's what they call character, I guess that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/we-get-a-little-further-from-perfection-each-year-on-the-road-i-guess/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/ani-difranco-813_character_we-get-a-little-further-from-perfection_2305375.jpg) > [There is no alternative. A Democrat is a Republican is a big businessman, and we're all consumers instead of citizens. It just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/there-is-no-alternative-a-democrat-is-a-republican-is-a-big/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/ani-difranco-813_alternatives_there-is-no-alternative-a-democrat-is-a_2704034.png) > [I'm a little hibernating animal. Anonymity is one of my favorite things. I mean, that's why I moved to New York when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-m-a-little-hibernating-animal-anonymity-is-one-of-my-favorite/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/ani-difranco-813_animal_i-m-a-little-hibernating-animal-anonymit_964446.png) > [now the profile of our country looks a little less hard nosed / but that picket line persisted and that clinic's since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/now-the-profile-of-our-country-looks-a-little-less-hard-nosed-but/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/ani-difranco-813_break_now-the-profile-of-our-country-looks-a-l_1276102.png) > [I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-ve-never-had-a-very-closely-connected-family-my-parents-split-up/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/ani-difranco-813_connected_i-ve-never-had-a-very-closely-connected_1556251.png) > [we can't afford to do anyone harm because we owe them our lives each breath is recycled from someone else's lungs our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/we-can-t-afford-to-do-anyone-harm-because-we-owe-them-our-lives-each/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/ani-difranco-813_air_we-can-t-afford-to-do-anyone-harm-becaus_1606603.jpg) > [I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've always had a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-ve-been-trying-to-learn-how-to-not-be-so-conflicted-about-things/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/ani-difranco-813_anger_i-ve-been-trying-to-learn-how-to-not-be_273384.jpg) > [These days, I find I'm applying a little more patience to my process. If I look back on my work, I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/these-days-i-find-i-m-applying-a-little-more-patience-to-my-process/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/ani-difranco-813_could-have-been_these-days-i-find-i-m-applying-a-little_1679955.png) > [My music doesn't really sound like punk music, it's acoustic. And it doesn't really sound like folk music 'cause I'm thrashing too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/my-music-doesn-t-really-sound-like-punk-music-it-s-acoustic-and-it/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30e/ani-difranco-813_acoustics_my-music-doesn-t-really-sound-like-punk_2738649.jpg) ## Other authors on Littles ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/littles/ani-difranco/#itemlist", "name": "16 Littles Quotes By Ani DiFranco", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My songs are just little letters to me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ani DiFranco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/my-songs-are-just-little-letters-to-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/ani-difranco-813_letters_my-songs-are-just-little-letters-to-me-2_2971483.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/ani-difranco-813_letters_my-songs-are-just-little-letters-to-me-2_2971483.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/ani-difranco-813_letters_my-songs-are-just-little-letters-to-me-2_2971483.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My songs are just little letters to me.” — Ani DiFranco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A little bird told me that jumping is easy and the falling is fun, right up until you hit sidewalk shivering and stunned.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ani DiFranco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/a-little-bird-told-me-that-jumping-is-easy-and-the-falling-is-fun/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/ani-difranco-813_animal_a-little-bird-told-me-that-jumping-is-ea_2383144.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/ani-difranco-813_animal_a-little-bird-told-me-that-jumping-is-ea_2383144.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/ani-difranco-813_animal_a-little-bird-told-me-that-jumping-is-ea_2383144.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A little bird told me that jumping is easy and the falling is fun, right up until you hit sidewalk shivering…” — Ani DiFranco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Goldfish have no memory, I guess their lives are much like mine. 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