Best Janis Ian Quotes
- That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling. Amazing
- There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to. Backward
- At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still… Artist
- 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 receiving.… Ago
- 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 non-issue in most… All
- I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting… Black
- I think I grew up, stopped worrying about what people thought of me, and whether things were going to turn out OK. I'm concentrating on… Best
- 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 for… Anything Else
- I was interviewed for a Grammy television show, and they asked me about Nashville, and I talked for three minutes and when I finished, I… Asked
- I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and… All
- Of course, I have a different vested interest in the gay community, because I am gay, and I would certainly enjoy the tax advantages that… Across
- Society's Child' was a real hard record to start with. That's all you want is for you to put your first record out and have… All
- Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free. Doe
- At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just… All
- I think these last 10 years have seen just a huge shift in the psyche of this country as regards gay people. I think AIDS… Aids
- I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and… Beauty
- I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking. All
- 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 things. Couple
- Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I… Any
- A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me. Beautiful