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Janis Ian

(1951) Singer United States

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Janis Ian is a singer from the United States, best known for Ender's world.

Quick Facts About Janis Ian

Born: April 7, 1951
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer
Notable works: Ender's world

About Janis Ian

Janis Ian is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit "Society's Child " and the 1975 Top Ten single "At Seventeen", from her seventh studio album Between the Lines, which in September 1975 reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors

Quotes by Janis Ian · Page 2

I think I grew up, stopped worrying about what people thought of me, and whether things were going to turn out OK.…

Best work

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Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.

Journey

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At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write…

Art

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“So remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain In debitures of quality and dubious integrity Their…

Integrity

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When you're young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to…

Goal

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I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just…

Avid

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I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and…

Black

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I write a lot from instinct. But as you're writing out of instinct, once you reach a certain level as a songwriter,…

Certain

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At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I…

End of the day

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Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free.

Doe

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It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better…

Peers

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Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.

Ignorant

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I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.

Dog

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Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time…

Art

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The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you…

Money

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I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted.

Born

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“A friend of mine once told me 'For people like us, the meaning is the search for the meaning.”

Friendship

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“The heart of a city Is the soul of a man It winds like a river Through the heart of the land…

Building

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Did you have an awesome time? Did you drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak…

Awesomeness

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Wish I'd written Tikkun Olam – a Weavers or Peter Paul & Mary hit!

Mary

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I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came…

Friendship

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I see interracial couples all the time in Nashville. I'm a Jew in Nashville. I'm a gay person in Nashville. It's a…

Couple

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Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

Halfway

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I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.

Guitar

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It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

Accepting

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