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I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try.

Ani DiFranco

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Ani DiFranco
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 23
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Buffalo
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My country tis of thee, to take swings at each other on talk show TV.
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I am a thinned-skinned type. I am very sensitive, very emotional. Vulnerability is kind of always a part of my day.
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My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to commit them to the page...that way was kind of intimidating to me, yet intriguing, to try to reflect the rhythms and connotations and emotions that you can deliver, speaking-wise, on a page.
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I fight with love and i laugh with rage....you gotta live light enough to see the humor, and long enough to see some change.
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Goldfish have no memory, I guess their lives are much like mine. And the little plastic castle is a surprise everytime.
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My mother was a feminist, and she gave me some tools of self-possession and self-empowerment, but now that I have lived here for forty-three years, it's, like, whoa, there is just so much more to do, other than become myself. I'm still talking about it. I still drop the P-word, patriarchy, on unsuspecting people in everyday conversations.
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I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it.
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Well, it's really gratifying to me to have a stage and some bright lights and a microphone. They're tools and opportunities, and to be able to just pull somebody up on stage with me and point at them is a great feeling.
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Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero.
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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.
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I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour.
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You've already put more than enough energy into worry. That's all women have been allowed to do, historically.
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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.
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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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Patriarchy is a fundamental imbalance underlying society And it's one we rarely address because it's so universal. But as I get older, I see that peace is a product of balance.
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Now let's get talking: reefer madness. Like some arrogant government can't, By any stretch of the imagination, outlaw a plant.
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