--- title: "17 Want Quotes By Ani DiFranco" description: "17 Want quotes by Ani DiFranco. Plus more from Ani DiFranco and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/ani-difranco-813_bed_if-you-want-to-challenge-the-system-don_1592104.png" --- > [If you want to challenge the system, don't go to bed with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/if-you-want-to-challenge-the-system-don-t-go-to-bed-with-it/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/ani-difranco-813_bed_if-you-want-to-challenge-the-system-don_1592104.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/ani-difranco-813_decided_you-ve-decided-to-love-me-for-eternity-i_8259.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/ani-difranco-813_call-me_i-cannot-name-this-i-cannot-explain-this_65417.png) > [I was blessed with a birth and a death, and I guess I just want some say in between.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-was-blessed-with-a-birth-and-a-death-and-i-guess-i-just-want-some/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0a/ani-difranco-813_birth_i-was-blessed-with-a-birth-and-a-death-a_1211401.png) > [I am not a pretty girl. I don't want to be a pretty girl. No, I want to be more than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-am-not-a-pretty-girl-i-don-t-want-to-be-a-pretty-girl-no-i-want-to/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/ani-difranco-813_girl_i-am-not-a-pretty-girl-i-don-t-want-to-b_923157.png) > [I want somebody who sees the pointlessness and still keeps their purpose in mind; I want somebody who has a tortured soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-want-somebody-who-sees-the-pointlessness-and-still-keeps-their/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/ani-difranco-813_mind_i-want-somebody-who-sees-the-pointlessne_1914443.png) > [You are so lame. You always disappoint me. It's kind of like our running joke but it's really not funny and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/you-are-so-lame-you-always-disappoint-me-it-s-kind-of-like-our/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/ani-difranco-813_disappoint_you-are-so-lame-you-always-disappoint-me_2537924.png) > [There's a certain window of time in the middle of the night out in Middle America where there's no bar open and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/there-s-a-certain-window-of-time-in-the-middle-of-the-night-out-in/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/ani-difranco-813_america_there-s-a-certain-window-of-time-in-the_1688137.png) > [I know the biggest crime is just to throw up your hands, Say, This has nothing to do with me, I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-know-the-biggest-crime-is-just-to-throw-up-your-hands-say-this-has/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/ani-difranco-813_crime_i-know-the-biggest-crime-is-just-to-thro_3018276.png) > [I just see a lot of people who are really terrified of the "f-word." A lot of women these days, a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-just-see-a-lot-of-people-who-are-really-terrified-of-the-f-word-a/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/ani-difranco-813_feminism_i-just-see-a-lot-of-people-who-are-reall_231060.png) > [The windows of my soul are made of one-way glass, don't bother looking into my eyes if there's something you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/the-windows-of-my-soul-are-made-of-one-way-glass-don-t-bother-looking/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/ani-difranco-813_bother_the-windows-of-my-soul-are-made-of-one-w_1585934.png) > [I see a lot of young female performers who do not call themselves feminist, but would certainly believe in their own right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-see-a-lot-of-young-female-performers-who-do-not-call-themselves/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/ani-difranco-813_becoming_i-see-a-lot-of-young-female-performers-w_1302981.jpg) > [ What I like about being independent \[in the music industry\] is that anybody who does play the album on the radio and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/what-i-like-about-being-independent-in-the-music-industry-is-that/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/ani-difranco-813_albums_what-i-like-about-being-independent-in-t_3081939.png) > [A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/a-lot-of-women-these-days-a-lot-of-young-women-don-t-want-to-call/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/ani-difranco-813_benign_a-lot-of-women-these-days-a-lot-of-young_999483.jpg) > [I like to be an inspiration and an example of the idea that you can be independent, and it's no problem, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-like-to-be-an-inspiration-and-an-example-of-the-idea-that-you-can/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/ani-difranco-813_conviction_i-like-to-be-an-inspiration-and-an-examp_3108202.jpg) > [Squint your eyes and look closer I'm not between you and your ambition I am a poster girl with no poster I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/squint-your-eyes-and-look-closer-i-m-not-between-you-and-your/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/ani-difranco-813_ambition_squint-your-eyes-and-look-closer-i-m-not_1368451.jpg) > [My feminism has evolved way beyond self-empowerment and I see feminism as a path to peace on earth. The fundamental imbalance that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/my-feminism-has-evolved-way-beyond-self-empowerment-and-i-see/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/ani-difranco-813_behinds_my-feminism-has-evolved-way-beyond-self_1381613.png) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/ani-difranco/#itemlist", "name": "17 Want Quotes By Ani DiFranco", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you want to challenge the system, don't go to bed with it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ani DiFranco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/if-you-want-to-challenge-the-system-don-t-go-to-bed-with-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/ani-difranco-813_bed_if-you-want-to-challenge-the-system-don_1592104.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/ani-difranco-813_bed_if-you-want-to-challenge-the-system-don_1592104.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/ani-difranco-813_bed_if-you-want-to-challenge-the-system-don_1592104.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you want to challenge the system, don't go to bed with it.” — Ani DiFranco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You've decided to love me for eternity, I'm still deciding who I want to be today.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ani DiFranco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/you-ve-decided-to-love-me-for-eternity-i-m-still-deciding-who-i-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/ani-difranco-813_decided_you-ve-decided-to-love-me-for-eternity-i_8259.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/ani-difranco-813_decided_you-ve-decided-to-love-me-for-eternity-i_8259.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/ani-difranco-813_decided_you-ve-decided-to-love-me-for-eternity-i_8259.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You've decided to love me for eternity, I'm still deciding who I want to be today.” — Ani DiFranco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I cannot name this, I cannot explain this, and I really don't want to so just call me shameless.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ani DiFranco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-cannot-name-this-i-cannot-explain-this-and-i-really-don-t-want-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/ani-difranco-813_call-me_i-cannot-name-this-i-cannot-explain-this_65417.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/ani-difranco-813_call-me_i-cannot-name-this-i-cannot-explain-this_65417.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/ani-difranco-813_call-me_i-cannot-name-this-i-cannot-explain-this_65417.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I cannot name this, I cannot explain this, and I really don't want to so just call me shameless.” — Ani DiFranco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was blessed with a birth and a death, and I guess I just want some say in between.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ani DiFranco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-was-blessed-with-a-birth-and-a-death-and-i-guess-i-just-want-some/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0a/ani-difranco-813_birth_i-was-blessed-with-a-birth-and-a-death-a_1211401.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0a/ani-difranco-813_birth_i-was-blessed-with-a-birth-and-a-death-a_1211401.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0a/ani-difranco-813_birth_i-was-blessed-with-a-birth-and-a-death-a_1211401.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was blessed with a birth and a death, and I guess I just want some say in between.” — Ani DiFranco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am not a pretty girl. 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