Ani DiFranco Quotes ... Page 3
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"I'll keep my ear to the wall; I'll keep my eye on the door, 'cause I've heard all my own jokes and they're just not funny anymore." - ani difranco, 'anyday'
"have you ever been bent or pulled? have you ever been played like strings?" - ani difranco, 'anyday'
"I know he's watching me; I can see him through the cracks. his eyes are small and shy on my back." - ani difranco, '4th of july'
"The windows of my soul are made of one way glass; don't bother looking into my eyes if there's something you want to know, just ask." - ani difranco, 'willing to fight'
"tell me who is your boogieman; that's who I will be. you don't have to like me for who I am, but we'll see what you're made of by what you make of me." - ani difranco, 'willing to fight'
"I think that it's absurd that you think I am the derelict daughter; I fight fire with words." - ani difranco, 'willing to fight'
"I got friends all over this country; I got friends in other countries too; I got friends I haven't met yet; I got friends I never knew." - ani difranco, 'willing to fight'
"I was a long time coming; I'll be a long time gone. you've got your whole life to do something, and that's not very long." - ani difranco, 'willing to fight'
"no one ever talks about it, but no one can disguise the cloud of competition that's hanging behind their eyes." - ani difranco, 'egos like hairdos'
"you know I live in a world full of hope, not a world full of hype. I ain't no saint, I help myself to what I need, but I help other people too -- y'know I sleep soundly." - ani difranco, 'egos like hairdos'
"I never really go anywhere anyway, I just pass through from time to time." - ani difranco, 'back around'
"maybe I'll see you next time I'm in town; maybe when I'm through falling off the face of the earth, I'll come back around. you know I love to come back around." - ani difranco, 'back around'
"I got my vertebrae all stacked up as high as they go, but I still feel myself sliding from the earth that I know; so I excuse myself and leave the room, say my period came early -- but it's not a minute too soon." - ani difranco, 'blood in the boardroom'
"I'm not hurting anyone; I'm just telling my truth, and if there--if there is something wrong, then maybe there's something wrong with you." - ani difranco, 'born a lion'
"what's the big deal? get over it . . . relax; just 'cause I do up in your face what other people do behind your back." - ani difranco, 'born a lion'
"everything I do, I do for the first time." - ani difranco, 'born a lion'
"I got a big crush on you and it's crushing my mind." - ani difranco, 'born a lion'
"I'm still here because I've got nothing else to do. you're an asshole, but I'm getting used to you." - ani difranco, 'used to you'
"I like the fact that you talk incessantly. I got a thing for assholes who tell good stories." - ani difranco, 'used to you'
"you like me so you try and make me feel like shit. I think it's kind of funny, yeah, I kind of enjoy it." - ani difranco, 'used to you'
"like you were trying to tell me something about the way you live; like you would give me something if you had something to give." - ani difranco, 'used to you'
"and for all your talk, you don't say much that's real. I think I know more than you about the way that you feel." - ani difranco, 'used to you'
"I understand your anger and your apathy. I think if I was you, you're who I'd be." - ani difranco, 'used to you'
"I could love you, yeah, I've entertained the thought; but I could never like you so I guess I'd better not." - ani difranco, 'used to you'
"when I was four years old, they tried to test my I.Q.; they showed me a picture of 3 oranges and a pear. they said, which one is different? it does not belong. they taught me different is wrong." - ani difranco, 'my i.q.'
"I don't need anyone to hold me, I can hold my own. I got highways for stretchmarks. see where I've grown?" - ani difranco, 'my i.q.'
"I sing sometimes like my life is at stake, 'cause you're only as loud as the noises you make." - ani difranco, 'my i.q.'
"I'm learning to laugh as hard as I can listen, 'cause silence is violence." - ani difranco, 'my i.q.'
"we live in a breakable takeable world, an ever available possible world." - ani difranco, 'my i.q.'
"for every lie I unlearn, I learn something new." - ani difranco, 'my i.q.'
"why don't you decide for yourself, what you can do and what you can say." - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose'
"how come I can pick my friends, but not my enemies?" - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose' "what is it about me that offends?" - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose'
"'cause you know I'm only five foot two, and I'm giggly wiggly." - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose'
"tell me again, what did I do? why are you scared of me?" - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose'
"you've gotta live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose'
"I think shy is boring; I think depressed is too. I think pretty is nice, but I'd rather see something new." - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose'
"who you gonna be if you can't be yourself? you can't get it from t.v., you can't force it on anybody else." - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose'
"they wanna take me out to dinner, think I'm a bitch if I don't go. seems like the people who actually like me, won't allow me to say no." - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose'
"your idea of a conversation is the third degree. but I don't really know you and I don't really want to talk about me." - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose'
"this is who I am, what I do, and what I say. if you like it, let it be -- if you don't, please do the same." - ani difranco, 'pick yer nose'
"state trooper thinks I drive too fast, pulled me over to tell me so. I say, 'out here on the prarie, any speed is too slow.'" - ani difranco, 'god's country'
"guess I came out here to see some stuff for myself. I mean, why leave the telling up to everybody else?" - ani difranco, 'god's country'
"you know I have left everywhere I have ever been. I don't really recommend it, though not like anyone asked me." - ani difranco, 'god's country'
"maybe you and I will meet again someday. I've been known to come down this road -- call it destiny. and then again, maybe not. I don't know." - ani difranco, 'god's country'
"I don't know who you were expecting, probably some bitch who does not budge with eyes the size of snow. I may get pissed off sometimes, but you seem like the type to hold a grudge, and in the end, I just let go..." - ani difranco, 'buildings and bridges'
"and I try to draw the line, but it ends up running down the middle of me most of the time." - ani difranco, 'out of range'
"you just can't talk to 'em, you just can't reason; you just can't leave, and you just can't please 'em." - ani difranco, 'out of range'
"If you're not angry, you're just stupid -- or you don't care. how else can you react when you know something's so unfair?" - ani difranco, 'out of range'
"baby I love you, that's why I'm leaving. there's no talking to you and there's no pleasing you ... and I care enough that I'm mad; that half the world don't even know what they could have had." - ani difranco, 'out of range'
"don't ask me why I'm crying, I'm not going to tell you what's wrong." - ani difranco, 'letter to a john'