Ani DiFranco Quotes ... Page 4

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"we barely have time to react in this world let alone rehearse. and I don't think I'm better than you, but I don't think that I'm worse." - ani difranco, 'letter to a john'

"women learn to be women, and men learn to be men. and I don't blame it all on you but I don't want to be your friend." - ani difranco, 'letter to a john'

"life is a b movie; it's stupid and it's strange. a directionless story, and the dialouge is lame. but in the he said she said -- sometimes there's some poetry." - ani difranco, 'hell yeah'

"I got a face like a limp handshake; hair like an accident scene. I've been waking up slowly, savoring the same old dream." - ani difranco, 'hell yeah'

"and somewhere between the folds of your memory ... I was sleeping soundly." - ani difranco, 'hell yeah'

"'cause I like you, but I know you don't know it. i like you soo much, I talk to everyone but you. and I wonder what you would think of this little number. I wonder what you would say if you knew." - ani difranco, 'hell yeah'

"If you don't ask the right questions, every answer seems wrong." - ani difranco, 'hell yeah'

"and I don't know how I feel, but I wonder if you feel like me. do you ever get wrapped up in the folds of my memory?" - ani difranco, 'hell yeah'

"there's a river of people that run past my eyes; and it's beautiful enough just to watch it go by. but the trouble with water is -- she'll always leave you for gravity. I never even told you, I had a crush on you or anything." - ani difranco,'hell yeah'

"me and you ... and your girlfriend makes three. in the interest of even numbers ... I will make myself scarce." - ani difranco, 'how have you been?'

"I don't want to come in between, I just want to know how have you been?" - ani difranco, 'how have you been'

"I leave for a living." - ani difranco, 'how have you been'

"I'd do almost anything once. something about you; I think I'd do you more." - ani difranco, 'how have you been'

"if I had my way I'd stay here." - ani difranco, 'how have you been'

"I know there is strength in the differences between us; and I know there is comfort where we overlap." - ani difranco, 'overlap'

"each one of us wants a piece of the action; you can hear it in what we say, you can see it in what we do." - ani difranco, 'overlap'

"I build each one of my days out of hope, and I give that hope your name. and I don't know you that well, but it don't take much to tell; either you don't have the balls or you don't feel the same." - ani difranco, 'overlap'

"some guy tried to rub up against me in a crowded subway car. some guy tried to feed me some stupid line in some stupid bar. I see the same shit everyday; the landscape looks so bleak. I think I'll take the first one of you's home that does something unique." - ani difranco, 'face up and sing'

"some chick says, 'thank you for saying all the things I never do.' I say, 'the thanks I get is to take all the shit for you.'" - ani difranco, 'face up and sing'

"as long as you play their game girl, you're never going to win." - ani difranco, 'face up and sing'

"today I just want someone to entertain me ... I'm tired of being so fierce; I'm tired of being so friendly." - ani difranco, 'face up and sing'

"why am I so lonely? why am I so tired? I need company, I need backup -- I need to be inspired." - ani difranco, 'face up and sing'

"You give me that look that's like laughing with liquid in your mouth; like you're choosing between choking, and spitting it all out." - ani difranco, 'falling is like this'

"you're trying to fight gravity on a planet that insists, that love is like falling, and falling is like this." - ani difranco, 'falling is like this'

"Feels like reckless driving when we're talking; It's fun while it lasts, and it's faster than walking. But no one's going to sympathize when we crash. They'll say, 'you hit what you head for, you get what you ask.' and we'll say, 'we didn't know, we didn't even try. one minute there was road beneath us, the next just sky.'" - ani difranco, 'falling is like this'

"you are a china shop, and I am a bull; you are really good food, and I am full." - ani difranco, 'you had time'

"I guess everything is timing; I guess everything's been said. so I am coming home with an empty head." - ani difranco, 'you had time'

"how can I go home with nothing to say? I know you're going to look at me that way and say what did you do out there? and what did you decide? you said you needed time and you had time." - ani difranco, 'you had time'

"I'm invincible, so are you. we do all the things, they say we can't do." - ani difranco, 'if he tries anything'

"we got rings of dirt around our necks. we talk like auctioneers and we bounce like checks. we smell like shit, still, when we walk down the street . . . all the boys line up to throw themselves at our feet." - ani difranco, 'if he tries anything'

"it's a long long road -- it's a big big world. we are wise wise women; we are giggling girls. we both carry a smile to show when we're pleased; we both carry a switchblade in our sleeves." - ani difranco, 'if he tries anything'

"I know I haven't been sleeping, and when I do I just dream of you." - ani difranco, 'the diner'

"I think you're the least fucked up person I've ever met. and that may be as close to the real thing, as I'm ever gonna get." - ani difranco, 'the diner'

"you think you're not worthy, I'd have to say I agree. I'm not worthy of you; you're not worthy of me." - ani difranco, 'worthy'

"I was supposed to be cool about this, yeah, I remember -- cool was the plan. tried to keep it all under wraps, but the wraps kept going slack. I keep turning round, I keep coming back." - ani difranco, 'worthy'

"the world is too good for me; I am such a naughty girl. but when we're together -- we're too good for this world." - ani difranco, 'worthy'

"I could wake up screaming sometimes, but I don't. I could step off the end of this pier, but I've got shit to do." - ani difranco, 'tiptoe'

"last night's underwear in my back pocket, sure sign of the morning after." - ani difranco, 'cradle and all'

"maybe I'll live my whole life just getting by. maybe I'll be discovered, maybe I'll be colonized." - ani difranco, 'cradle and all'

"and i might let you off easy; yeah i might lead you on. i might wait for you to look for me, and then i might be gone." - ani difranco, 'shy'

"I'm sorry I didn't sound more excited on the phone. I'm sorry that after all these years I've left you feeling unrequited and alone, brought you to tears." - ani difranco, 'sorry i am'

"I guess I never loved you quite as well as the way you loved me. I guess I'll never really be able to tell you how sorry I am." - ani difranco, 'sorry i am'

"And I don't know what it is about you; I just know it's not what it was." - ani difranco, 'sorry i am'

"and I don't know what it is about me, that I just can't keep still. I keep thinking someday I will make this all up to you; and maybe someday I will." - ani difranco, 'sorry i am'

"i wish i didn't have this nervous laugh. i wish i didn't say half the stuff i say. i wish i could just learn to cover my tracks; i guess i'm not concerned about getting away." - ani difranco, 'light of some kind'

"'cause every time i try to hold my tongue, it slips like a fish from a line." - ani difranco, 'light of some kind'

"'cause we both know what i've been doing; i've been intentionally bad at lying. you're the only boy i ever let see through me .... and i hope you believe me when i say i'm trying." - ani difranco, 'light of some kind'

"and i hope i never improve my game, yeah i'd rather have these things weighing on my mind. and at the end of this tunnel of guilt and shame, there must be a light of some kind." - ani difranco, 'light of some kind'

"in the end the world comes down to just a few people, but for you it comes down to one. but no one ever asked me if i thought i could be everything to someone." - ani difranco, 'light of some kind'

"and you've decided to love me for eternity; i'm still deciding who i want to be today." - ani difranco, 'light of some kind'