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I want somebody who sees the pointlessness and still keeps their purpose in mind I want somebody who has a tortured soul ...some of the time

Ani DiFranco

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Ani DiFranco
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 23
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It can be very frustrating and very deflating to be constantly defined and described by other people, so I've stopped reading anything written about me, and I find it much healthier. I just sort of concentrate on what I do and don't worry too much about that.
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These days, my main guitar amps have been Magnatone. They're beautiful. Magnatones have actual tremolo, which I recently learned about guitar amps. Often what guitar amps call vibrato is really just a volume Up and Down. But Magnatone has a true vibrato, which is pitch bending. And so, it's just a lush sound.
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Having more exposure is kind of a bittersweet thing for me, honestly, because it's nice to have a little more job security in life now.
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I walk like I'm on a mission 'cause that's the way I groove. I got more and more to do and less and less to prove.
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They see me as a symbol, and not a human being. That way they can kill me, say it’s not murder it’s a metaphor.
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and I try to draw the line but it ends up running down the middle of me most of the time.
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There's this brutal imperial power, that my passport says I represent. But it will never represent where my heart lives, only vaguely where it went.
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There is no alternative. A Democrat is a Republican is a big businessman, and we're all consumers instead of citizens. It just manifests in the culture, in the music, in the art. I feel a little panicky about it.
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And thoughts of no other man but you could possibly get through the picket lines to enter into my mind.
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How come I can pick my ears but not my nose?
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Birth is the epicenter of women's power
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If you want to challenge the system, don't go to bed with it.
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I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.
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If you turn on the TV, you're going to get a certain palate, and if you go looking underneath the surface, there's a whole lot of stuff there that I think a lot of our generation would be really interested in.
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I just hope it was okay, I know it wasn't perfect, I hope in the end we can laugh and say it was all worth it.
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Subtract out the impact and the fall is all you get. So here's two beers to remember why and three more to forget.
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I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try.
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Change the narrative, change the laws.
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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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The way I play guitar is very, very hard and I bloody myself incredibly without the tape. And the nails are my picks.
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