My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well. — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers. — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I was interviewed for a Grammy television show, and they asked me about Nashville, and I talked for three minutes and when I finished,… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
It seems to be part of the human condition to need someone you can look down on. I still don't get that one. — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I don't pretend to be an expert on intellectual property law, but I do know one thing. If a music industry executive claims I… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me. — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling. — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
