Ani DiFranco Quotes - Page 2

We are wise, wise women. We are giggling girls.

Privilege is a headache, that you don't know that you don't have.

I am not a pretty girl. I don't want to be a pretty girl. No, I want to be more than a pretty girl.

They taught me different was wrong.

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.

They say that the truth will set you free But then again, so will a lie... It depends if you're trying to get to the promised land Or if you're just trying to get by.

There's a paradox in every paradigm.

I wonder what you look like under your t-shirt. I wonder what you sound like when you're not wearing words. I wonder what we have when we're not pretending.

Words are hotter than flames. Words are wetter than water.

We are wise women, we are giggling girls. We both carry a smile to show when we're pleased, we both carry a switchblade in our sleeves.

I just don't know any other word than "feminist" that describes a person who believes women are people.

Smile pretty and watch your back

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.

The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society.

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, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice.

Love isn't over when the sheets are stained.

Freedom and democracy, That's the word from Washington every day. Put America to sleep with warm milk and clichés, And people are expendable along the way.

Someday you're going to get hungry and eat most of the words you just said.

I am 32 flavors and then some.

TIME is not a thing that's ours to lose.

I sing sometimes for the war that I fight, 'Cause every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.

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 the performance. There's no, like, 'I'll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.'

I know my mind is made of matter but I need to know exactly what is the matter at it's core? Because my heart is just a muscle and simply put, it's sore.

I believe the act of giving birth to be the single most miraculous thing a human being can do and it is surely the moment when a lot of women finally understand the depth of their power. You think it can’t possibly be done, you think you can’t possibly take the pain, and then you do-—and afterward you look at yourself in a whole new way. If you can do that, you can do anything.

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.