Ani DiFranco Quotes ... Page 2
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"and I am looking forward to looking back on these days, when on every corner someone holds a sign that says, 'I'm homeless, I'm hungry and I have AIDS.'" - ani difranco, 'on every corner'
"I think my body is as restless as my mind... and i don't know if i can roll with it this time." - ani difranco, 'roll with it'
"the mainstream is so polluted with lies -- once you get wet, it's so hard to get dry." - ani difranco, 'roll with it'
"I am scratching at my consciousness like a bitch with fleas .. I think you'll be greatly pleased to learn that yours was the hardest itch to relieve." - ani difranco, 'itch'
"I got nothing to hide no more, why disguise what isn't there?" - ani difranco, 'itch'
"I've got a heavy heart to carry but a very strong will." - ani difranco, 'itch'
"it's just hard to travel in the shadow of regret. in fact it's so hard, that I haven't actually left yet." - ani difranco, 'itch'
"look at you little white lying, for the purpose of justifying what you're trying to do." - ani difranco, 'gratitude'
"and I think he does not hear what I'm saying; he's just looking at my eight by ten and wondering about the part that was left out. 'does she have a body that will really draw them in?'" - ani difranco, 'the next big thing'
"I'd rather pay my dues to the six people sitting at the bar than to all those men in their business suits who say, 'I'll take you away from this if you'll just get in the car.'" - ani difranco, 'the next big thing'
"there are so many ways to wear what we've got before it's gone, to make use of what is there. I don't wear anything I can't wipe my hands on." - ani difranco, 'looking for the holes'
"if my life were a movie, I would light a cigarette and the smoke would curl around my face. everything I do would be interesting. I'd play the good guy in every scene." - ani difranco, 'what if no one's watching?'
"but I always feel I have to take a stand and there's always someone on hand to hate me for standing there. I always feel I have to open my mouth and every time I do, I offend someone, somewhere." - ani difranco, 'what if no one's watching?'
"you know I can't apologize for everything I know. I mean you don't have to agree with me, but once you get me going -- you better just let me go." - ani difranco, 'what if no one's watching?'
"we have to be able to criticize what we love; say what we have to say -- 'cause if you're not trying to make something better, as far as I can tell, you're just in the way." - ani difranco, 'what if no one's watching?'
"guess there's something wrong with me; guess I don't fit in." - ani difranco, 'in or out'
"I've got more than one membership, to more than one club, and I owe my life to the people that I love." - ani difranco, 'in or out'
"he looks me up and down, like he knows what time it is; like he's got my number like he thinks it's his." - ani difranco, 'in or out'
"some days the line I walk turns out to be straight -- other days the line tends to deviate." - ani difranco, 'in or out'
"tonight you can't put me up on any shelf, 'cause I came here alone -- I'm gonna leave by myself." - ani difranco, 'in or out'
"there's a thousand shades of white and a thousand shades of black, but the same rule always applies: smile pretty, and watch your back." - ani difranco, 'every state line'
"he said, 'baby, do you like to fool around? baby, do you like to be touched?' I said, 'maybe some other time -- fuck you very much.'" - ani difranco, 'every state line'
"gonna peel you out of your protective shell, or I might have to break right in there and raise some hell." - ani difranco, 'circle of light'
"I don't have no grand plan for you and me, just nothing is impossible; nothing is unlikely." - ani difranco, 'circle of light'
"I'm just riding the tide; nothing more, and it's bound to take me out some before it brings me back to shore." - ani difranco, 'circle of light'
"when you look in the mirror do you see visions of your past? I ain't got time for halfway -- I ain't got time for halfassed." - ani difranco, 'circle of light'
"when I look in the mirror, I see my days to come -- and my face is just a trace of where I'm coming from." - ani difranco, 'circle of light'
"I told him I loved him, so he thought I'd roll over and play dead. he was god's gift to hypocrisy with weak knees and a big fat head." - ani difranco, 'if it isn't her'
"it was good, good to see you again; good to meet your girlfriend. I'll try not to wonder where you are when you go outside to kiss her in the front seat of your car." - ani difranco, 'good, bad, ugly'
"strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends -- but there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends." - ani difranco, 'good, bad, ugly'
"and it's bad that I wrapped you in a fantasy and I carry you with me -- but lately it seems like everybody's joined at the hip. and I'm still fancy, I'm so fancy; fancy free." - ani difranco, 'good, bad, ugly'
"and it's bad that I took that second look -- I guess I'm an open book. you know I didn't really intend to embrace you that long, but then again I wasn't the only one holding on." - ani difranco, 'good, bad, ugly'
"you think I am stronger; you think I walk taller than the rest; you think I'm usually wearing the pants just 'cause I rarely wear a dress." - ani difranco, 'i'm no heroine'
"when you look at me you see my purpose, see my pride. you think I just saddle up my anger and ride and ride and ride." - ani difranco, 'i'm no heroine'
"you think I stand so firm; you think I sit so high on my trusty steed. let me tell you I'm usually face down on the ground when there's a stampede." - ani difranco, 'i'm no heroine'
"I'm no heroine, at least, not last time I checked. I'm too easy to roll over I'm too easy to wreck." - ani difranco, 'i'm no heroine'
"I just write about what I should have done; I just sing what I wish I could say, and hope somewhere some woman hears my music -- and it helps her through her day." - ani difranco, 'i'm no heroine'
"go ahead, ask me if I care. I got the answer here; I wrote it down somewhere. I just gotta find it -- I just gotta find it." - ani difranco, 'coming up'
"I was better off alone, ain't that the way it is? they don't know the first thing, but you don't know that until they take the first swing." - ani difranco, 'coming up'
"I don't ask -- I just empty my pockets and wait. it's not fate, it's just circumstance." - ani difranco, 'coming up'
"I don't fool myself with romance. I just live phone number to phone number; dusting them against my thighs, in the warmth of my pockets which whisper history incessantly... asking me, 'where were you?'" - ani difranco, 'coming up'
"I lower my eyes, wishing I could cry more and care less, yes it's true, I was trying to love someone again; I was caught caring." - ani difranco, 'coming up'
"I hope they all fall through, 'cause this is no joke to me; they don't fool me with their acts of sensitivity. they too shall pass just like everyone who's only here for my ass." - ani difranco, 'the waiting song'
"sometimes it seems like love is just a fancy word for compromise. you gotta read between the years; you gotta write between the lines. you gotta try to understand the grandness of the man behind the petty crimes and let him off easy sometimes." - ani difranco, 'served faithfully'
"we don't look like pages from a magazine, but that's all right." - ani difranco, 'imperfectly'
"we get a little further from perfection each year on the road. I guess that's what they call character. I guess that's just the way it goes." - ani difranco, 'imperfectly'
"when you're pretty as a picture, they pound down your door -- but I've been offered love in two dimensions before, and I know that it's not all it's made out to be." - ani difranco, 'imperfectly'
"I'm so bad with names and dates and times, but I'm big on faces -- that is, except for mine." - ani difranco, 'names and dates and times'
"why don't you go and tell me something I don't already know. give me something to remember you by when you go." - ani difranco, 'names and dates and times'
"I just wish I knew who you were; I wish you'd make yourself known." - ani difranco, 'anyday'