--- title: "21 Trying Quotes By Ani DiFranco" description: "21 Trying quotes by Ani DiFranco. Plus more from Ani DiFranco and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/ani-difranco-813_attempting_one-of-my-rules-is-never-try-to-do-anyth_3222455.png" --- > [One of my rules is: Never TRY to do anything. Just do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/one-of-my-rules-is-never-try-to-do-anything-just-do-it/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/ani-difranco-813_attempting_one-of-my-rules-is-never-try-to-do-anyth_3222455.png) > [I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-don-t-always-feel-lucky-but-i-m-smart-enough-to-try/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/ani-difranco-813_enough_i-don-t-always-feel-lucky-but-i-m-smart_1593860.png) > [...I try to laugh at whatever life brings...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-try-to-laugh-at-whatever-life-brings/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/ani-difranco-813_comedy_i-try-to-laugh-at-whatever-life-brings-3_3111745.png) > [Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/why-do-you-think-i-write-these-feminist-songs-to-try-and-teach-myself/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/ani-difranco-813_feminist_why-do-you-think-i-write-these-feminist_2790735.png) > [and I try to draw the line but it ends up running down the middle of me most of the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/and-i-try-to-draw-the-line-but-it-ends-up-running-down-the-middle-of/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/ani-difranco-813_draws_and-i-try-to-draw-the-line-but-it-ends-u_2735429.png) > [You're trying to fight gravity on a planet that insists that love is like falling, and falling is like this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/you-re-trying-to-fight-gravity-on-a-planet-that-insists-that-love-is/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/ani-difranco-813_fall_you-re-trying-to-fight-gravity-on-a-plan_2967575.png) > [I never try to imagine the future. I kinda think it's a waste of time. I live in the now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-never-try-to-imagine-the-future-i-kinda-think-it-s-a-waste-of-time/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bd/ani-difranco-813_future_i-never-try-to-imagine-the-future-i-kind_1844988.png) > [Imagine you're a girl, just trying to finally come clean, knowing full well they'd prefer you were dirty and smiling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/imagine-you-re-a-girl-just-trying-to-finally-come-clean-knowing-full/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/ani-difranco-813_clean_imagine-you-re-a-girl-just-trying-to-fin_859078.png) > [They say that the truth will set you free But then again, so will a lie... It depends if you're trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/they-say-that-the-truth-will-set-you-free-but-then-again-so-will-a/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/ani-difranco-813_depends_they-say-that-the-truth-will-set-you-fre_2327189.png) > [When all you can think of is your own personal problems, you have nothing to give to your society. If you're trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/when-all-you-can-think-of-is-your-own-personal-problems-you-have/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/ani-difranco-813_coming_when-all-you-can-think-of-is-your-own-pe_811102.png) > [Just let me go, we have to be able to criticize what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/just-let-me-go-we-have-to-be-able-to-criticize-what-we-love-to-say/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/ani-difranco-813_able_just-let-me-go-we-have-to-be-able-to-cri_987953.png) > [I am not an angry girl, but it seems I've got everyone fooled. Every time I say something they find hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-am-not-an-angry-girl-but-it-seems-i-ve-got-everyone-fooled-every/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/ani-difranco-813_anger_i-am-not-an-angry-girl-but-it-seems-i-ve_1169307.jpg) > [My political mission is as acute as ever. For me, in addition to kind of looking at the world and trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/my-political-mission-is-as-acute-as-ever-for-me-in-addition-to-kind/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/ani-difranco-813_about_my-political-mission-is-as-acute-as-ever_520044.png) > [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) > [We have to be able to criticise what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if your not trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/we-have-to-be-able-to-criticise-what-we-love-to-say-what-we-have-to/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/ani-difranco-813_able_we-have-to-be-able-to-criticise-what-we_2652992.png) > [Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/sometimes-the-beauty-is-easy-sometimes-you-don-t-have-to-try-at-all/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/ani-difranco-813_bathroom_sometimes-the-beauty-is-easy-sometimes-y_1999938.jpg) > [My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/my-writing-just-kind-of-exists-out-there-in-the-air-it-s-all-sort-of/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/ani-difranco-813_air_my-writing-just-kind-of-exists-out-there_1475223.jpg) > [I love to exercise my creativity in many ways but as each year of specialization goes by I feel further and further…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-love-to-exercise-my-creativity-in-many-ways-but-as-each-year-of/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/ani-difranco-813_able_i-love-to-exercise-my-creativity-in-many_2059916.jpg) > [and half of learning to play is learning what not to play and she's learning the spaces she leaves have their own…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/ani-difranco-813_air_and-half-of-learning-to-play-is-learning_3129572.jpg) > [I always try and stay one step ahead of people, not looking like I looked like last week, so I can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-always-try-and-stay-one-step-ahead-of-people-not-looking-like-i/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/ani-difranco-813_areas_i-always-try-and-stay-one-step-ahead-of_3173903.jpg) > [I feel like we need to understand feminism more as a tool to mediate, counteract, to ultimately defeat patriarchy and restore balance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-feel-like-we-need-to-understand-feminism-more-as-a-tool-to-mediate/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/ani-difranco-813_balance_i-feel-like-we-need-to-understand-femini_3043056.jpg) ## Other authors on Trying ## 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/trying/ani-difranco/#itemlist", "name": "21 Trying Quotes By Ani DiFranco", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of my rules is: Never TRY to do anything. 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I think we've had a very \"masculine\" sensibility for a long time, and I think we need to go back to the roots of social imbalance. 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