Ani DiFranco Quotes ... Page 5


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"I am not a pretty girl; that is not what I do. I ain't no damsel in distress, and I don't need to be rescued." - ani difranco, 'not a pretty girl'

"I am not an angry girl, but it seems like I've got everyone fooled." - ani difranco, 'not a pretty girl'

"I am not a pretty girl. I don't want to be a pretty girl, no I want to be more than a pretty girl." - ani difranco, 'not a pretty girl'

"I am telling you I'm different than you think I am." - ani difranco, '1,000,000'

"life is a sleazy stranger, who looks vaguely familiar; flirting with a bimbo named disaster at the end of the bar." - ani difranco, '1,000,000'

"I'd like to go to all the pretty parties, where all the pretty people go. and I ain't really all that pretty, but nobody will know." - ani difranco, '1,000,000'

"no I don't prefer obscurity, but I'm an idealistic girl. and I wouldn't work for you -- no matter what you paid." - ani difranco, '1,000,000'

"and I may not be able to change the whole fucking world, but I could be the million that you never made." - ani difranco, '1,000,000'

"hour follows hour, like water follows water. everything is governed by the rule of one thing leads to another." - ani difranco, 'hour follows hour'

"some was bound to get on you while you were tryin to put it on me." - ani difranco, 'hour follows hour'

"and don't fool yourself into thinking things are simple." - ani difranco, 'hour follows hour'

"why do you try to hold on to what you'll never get a hold on?" - ani difranco, 'hour follows hour'

"first you decide what you've gotta do, then you go out and do it." - ani difranco, 'hour follows hour'

"we don't know what each hour will deliver; we just call it like we see it." - ani difranco, 'hour follows hour'

"maybe the moral higher ground ain't as high as it seems. maybe we are both good people done some bad things." - ani difranco, 'hour follows hour'

"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." - ani difranco, 'hour follows hour'

"and too much is how i love you, but too well is how i know you." - ani difranco, 'hour follows hour'

"and i've got nothing to prove this time; just something to show you. i guess i just wanted you to see that it was all worth it to me." - ani difranco, 'hour follows hour'

"I'm not between you and your ambition." - ani difranco, '32 flavors'

"I am a poster girl with no poster." - ani difranco, '32 flavors'

"I am thirty-two flavors and then some." - ani difranco, '32 flavors'

"I'm beyond your peripheral vision, so you might want to turn your head. cause someday you're going to get hungry and eat most of the words you just said." - ani difranco, '32 flavors'

"there's many who've turned out their porch lights, just so I would think they were not home; and hid in the dark of their windows til I'd passed and left them alone." - ani difranco, '32 flavors'

"and god help you if you are an ugly girl; course too pretty is also your doom. cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room." - ani difranco, '32 flavors'

"I'm not trying to give my life meaning by demeaning you and I would like to state for the record, I did everything I could do. I'm not saying that I'm a saint, I just don't want to live that way. No, I will never be a saint." - Ani Difranco '32 Flavors'

"I want somebody who sees the pointlessness and still keeps their purpose in mind." - ani difranco, 'asking too much'

"I want somebody who will either put out for me or put me out of misery; or maybe just put it all to words, and make me say, you know, 'I never heard it put that way.' make me say, 'what did you just say?'" - ani difranco, 'asking too much'

"I want somebody who can hold my interest; hold it and never let it fall. someone who can flatten me with a kiss, that hits like a fist -- or a sentence, that stops me like a brick wall." - ani difranco, 'asking too much'

"if you hear me talking, listen to what I'm not saying." - ani difranco, 'asking too much'

"in fact if you have to ask, forget it; do and you'll regret it." - ani difranco, 'asking too much'

"I'm tired of being the interesting one; I'm tired of having fun for two." - ani difranco, 'asking too much'

"just lay yourself on the line, and I might lay myself down by you. but don't sit behind your eyes and wait for me to surprise you." - ani difranco, 'asking too much'

"I want somebody who can make me scream until it's funny; give me a run for my money. I want someone who can twist me up in knots." - ani difranco, 'asking too much'

"tell me, for the woman who has everything, what have you got?" - ani difranco, 'asking too much'

"I want someone who's not afraid of me or anyone else; in other words I want someone who's not afraid of themself." - ani difranco, 'asking too much'

"got a garden of songs where i grow all my thoughts; wish i could harvest one or two for some small talk." - ani difranco, 'this bouquet'

"If it weren't for my brain I'd go over and make friends. Too bad about my brain 'cause I'd like to make friends." - Ani Difranco 'This Bouquet'

"i think guilt and innocence -- they are a matter of degree. what might be justice to you, might not be justice to me." - ani difranco, 'crime for crime'

"think i'm going for a walk now; i feel a little unsteady. i don't want nobody to follow me, 'cept maybe you." - ani difranco, 'untouchable face'

"i could make you happy you know; if you weren't already." - ani difranco, 'untouchable face'

"I think you two are forever; and i hate to say it but, you're perfect together." - ani difranco, 'untouchable face'

"neon sign on the horizon, rubbing elbows with the moon." - ani difranco, 'untouchable face'

"y'know, i don't look forward to seeing you again soon." - ani difranco, 'untouchable face'

"i see you and i'm so perplexed." - ani difranco, 'untouchable face'

"the only thing i can think of saying is 'fuck you'..." - ani difranco, 'untouchable face'

"it's gonna be sudden; it's gonna be strange. i'm gonna turn on a dime, give you five cents change." - ani difranco, 'outta me, onto you'

"one of these days you're gonna push too hard. we'll go on like we've always done, 'til you go too far." - ani difranco, 'outta me, onto you'

"some people wear their smile, like a disguise. those people who smile a lot, watch the eyes. i know it 'cuz i'm like that a lot. you think everything's okay; and it is 'til it's not." - ani difranco, 'outta me, onto you'

"some people wear their heart up on their sleeve; i wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot. don't think cause i'm easy, i'm naive. don't think i won't pull it out; don't think i won't shoot." - ani difranco, 'outta me, onto you'

"most people like to talk a lot; including you. you know there isn't much i have to say, that i wouldn't rather just shut up and do." - ani difranco, 'outta me, onto you'