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If more people were screamin', I could relax.

Ani DiFranco

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Ani DiFranco
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 23
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Guitarist
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Angela Maria DiFranco
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Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear.
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Taking me seriously is a big mistake. I certainly wouldn't.
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Women who don't control their own reproductive rights are not free.
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I'd rather suffer the consequences of truth than of silence.
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I don't need anyone to hold me, I can hold my own.
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They taught me different was wrong.
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I know men are delicate origami creatures who need women to unfold them, hold them when they cry. But I am tired of being your savior and I am tired of telling you why.
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