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Ani DiFranco Biography

Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (/ˈɑːniː/; born September 23, 1970) is an American singer, musician, poet, songwriter, and activist. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco has received positive feedback from critics for much of her career.

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When you sit right down in the middle of yourself you're gonna wanna have a comfortable chair.

Chair, Chairs, Comfortable, Gonna, Middle, Right

I have earned my disillusionment.

Disillusionment, Earned, Philosophy

One thing that Barack Obama promised, one thing that we all know we must do is evolve our industry and our technology to being green and sustainable. We need to move away from fossil fuels and nuclear power, both of which I think spell doom for human society.

Fuels, Green, Moving, Sustainable, Technology, Thinking

I just see a lot of people who are really terrified of the "f-word. " A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists.

Call, Days, Feminist, People, Want

My political mission is as acute as ever. For me, in addition to kind of looking at the world and trying to engage in my society politically, having the kid around sort of makes me check in with myself. I think you're all busy trying to fix the world, but what about yourself?

Kid, Kids, Kind, Political, Think, Thinking

Like how could you do nothing, and say, 'I'm doing my best. ' How could you take almost everything, and then come back for the rest? How could you beg me to stay, reach out your hands and plead, and then pack up your eyes and run away as soon as I agreed?

Agreed, Eye, Hands, Pack, Running, Say

It's the ground that we walk on, it's where we sit, it's the language that we use. It's a difficult undertaking, but I think without healing that and creating more of a balance between the sexes, we will never have balance globally. I feel like I am going deeper and deeper into this space where I came from that I barely understood.

Sex, Healing, Thinking, Creating, Sexes

Feminism is not only for women It's something everyone can participate in, and evolve together, as the first step in the right direction. I see feminism as a tool to achieve that balance and peace.

Balance, Everyone, Feminism, Together

I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess.

Girl, Teenage, Writing, Gender, Guess

When I was a teenager in the '80s, I was the only girl in the guitar shop. Now if you walk into a music store, it's mostly teenage girls. It's great! It's an expansion of possibilities for young women, finding a way to tools even if they aren't directly handed those tools by adults.

Adults, Girl, Girls, Possibility, Shop, Teenage

spring is super in the supermarkets and the strawberries prance and glow never mind that they're all kinda tart and tasteless as strawberries go meanwhile wild things are not for sale anymore than they are for show so i'll be outside, in love with the kind of beauty it takes more than eyes to know

Eye, Mind, Sale, Show, Spring, Tasteless

Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society.

Elephant In The Room, Elephants, Human, Like, Rooms, Superstructure

What makes you so lavish that you can afford to spend every sober moment feeling angry and bored?

Afford, Bored, Feeling, Feelings, Spend, Unanswered Questions

I think I'm a very solitary person. To actually not be anonymous is a bit claustrophobic for me.

Anonymous, Claustrophobic, Person, Persons, Solitary, Thinking

I cannot name this, I cannot explain this, and I really don't want to so just call me shameless.

Explain, Name, Names, Philosophy, Shameless, Want

You are so lame. You always disappoint me. It's kind of like our running joke but it's really not funny and I just want you to live up to the image of you I create.

Disappoint, Image, Lame, Running, Want

They can call me crazy if I fail, all the chance that I need, is one-in-a-million and they can call me brilliant if I succeed.

Brilliant, Crazy, Needs, Succeed

I'm searching, as we all are, for ways to feel good about myself. Certainly, looking in the mirror doesn't do it!

Feel Good, Good, Looking In The Mirror, Mirror, Mirrors, Searching

Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear.

Anger, Chalk, Hard, Heartless, Say, Survivor

Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know 'cause I'm like that a lot. You think everything's ok, and it is. . . 'till it's not.

Cause, Eye, Like, Smile, Thinking, Wear

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