“ Love is a piano dropped from a fourth story window, and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ani DiFranco
“ Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define. Ani DiFranco
“ Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake. Sometimes there's poetry written right on the bathroom wall. Ani DiFranco
“ When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to in my writing is that 'just say it' attitude of my songs. There really is nothing… Ani DiFranco
“ You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance. Ani DiFranco
“ You broke me bodily.The heart ain't the half of it,And I'll never learn to laugh at itIn my good natured way.In fact, I'm laughing less in general,But I learned a lot at my own funeral.And I knew you'… Ani DiFranco
“ We get a little further from perfection, each year on the road,I guess that's what they call character,I guess that's just the way it goes,better to be dusty than polished,like some store window manne… Ani DiFranco
“ Art is the reason I get up in the morning, but the definition ends there. It doesn't seem fair that I'm living for something I can't even define. Ani DiFranco
“ Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there's no pomp and circumstance to t… Ani DiFranco
“ A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I… Ani DiFranco
“ I mean, whatWhat if no one's watchingWhat if when we're deadWe are just deadI mean, whatWhat if it's just us down hereWhat if God is just an ideaSomeone put in your head Ani DiFranco
“ Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape,… Ani DiFranco
“ Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends. Ani DiFranco
“ God forbid you be an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room. Ani DiFranco
“ I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they're both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally. Ani DiFranco
“ I hate it when people don't recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to men's work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal… Ani DiFranco
“ And what if there are no damsels in distress?What if I knew that, and I called your bluff?Don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down,whether or not you ever show up? Ani DiFranco
“ I am not an angry girlBut it seems like I’ve got everyone fooledEvery time I say something they find hard to hearThey chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear Ani DiFranco
“ Art is why I get up in the morning, but my definition ends there. You know, it doesn't seem fair that I'm living for something I can't even define, but there you are, right there, in the meantime. Ani DiFranco
