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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.

Ani DiFranco

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Ani DiFranco
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 23
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There's a crowd of people harbored in each person There are so many roles that we play.
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I think the gay community should get smart and drop the word marriage. Do you really need to change every right-wing Christian to make sure you get your equal rights? Eyes on the prize, we should be sticking to getting equal rights.
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Mostly, I stay out of social media conversations. But sometimes, they hunt me down and shoot at me anyway!
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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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We have to really be intentional right now about holding the media accountable, and taking back the discourse and terms of discussion. It's been hijacked.
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Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the dialogue is lame, but in the 'he said she said' sometimes there's some poetry, if you turn your back long enough and let it happen naturally.
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I see a lot of young female performers who do not call themselves feminist, but would certainly believe in their own right to self-determination, and wouldn't want anybody to stop them from becoming themselves. They just refuse to recognize the relationship between their lives and those of other women, or feel any solidarity there.
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I think if we can't use the word feminist, if it's some kind of taboo or dirty word, or means you're ugly, or you're angry, or you're not dateable [laughs], then you've just reduced the language by a whole concept.
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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 personal or private it's all universal, if you can just find the courage to be open about your life.
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Up up up up up up points the spire of the steeple but god's work isn't done by god it's done by people
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Privilege is a headache, that you don't know that you don't have.
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[The 'corporate takeover of people's lives'] also accounts for a lot of homogenization of culture. There are fast food restaurants everywhere. Every place tastes the same.
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A good brain ain't diddley, if you don't have the facts.
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I use my dress to wipe up my drink, I care less and less what people think.
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I don't take good pictures 'cause I have the kind of beauty that moves.
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If you’re not angry, then you’re just stupid, you don’t care. How else can you react when something’s so unfair?
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Don't tell me what they did to you as though you had no choice. Tell me, isn't that your picture? Isn't that your voice.
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If you don't live what you sing about, your mirror is gonna fade.
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