How come I can pick my ears, but not my nose? Who made up that rule anyway? How can you say that's the way it is, that's just the way it goes, why don't you decide fore yourself what you can do? Ani DiFranco More Quotes by Ani DiFranco More Quotes From Ani DiFranco I will not be afraid to let my talent shine. Ani DiFranco talent shining Love was always the goal, and my point every step of the way was that nothing is wrong with love, no matter what flavor it comes in. Ani DiFranco flavor goal matter Why do our kids have to show us what gun control is all about? Ani DiFranco gun-control gun kids Who says I like right angles? These are not my laws, these are not my rules. Ani DiFranco angle law philosophy Someday you're going to get hungry and eat most of the words you just said. Ani DiFranco someday hungry expression Maybe we are both good people who've done some bad things. Ani DiFranco done philosophy people I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour. Ani DiFranco mediocrity hours army God forbid you be 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 doom-and-gloom girl hatred I'm an atheist how unfortunate it is to assign responsibility to the higher up for justice amongst people. Ani DiFranco atheist responsibility people Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear. Ani DiFranco chalk heartless survivor There's this brutal imperial power, that my passport says I represent. But it will never represent where my heart lives, only vaguely where it went. Ani DiFranco brutal my-heart heart And if there's anything I do it's change and grow. I'm just a living being. Every year of my life I seem to learn that everything I know is wrong. Ani DiFranco grows knows years 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. Ani DiFranco smart eye christian 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 perfect laughing life When I need to wipe my face, I use the back of my hand, And I like to take up space just because I can, And I use my dress to wipe up my drink. I care less and less what people think. Ani DiFranco space hands thinking 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 glasses eye soul When I was four years old they tried to test my IQ, they showed me this picture of three oranges and a pear. They asked me which one is different and does not belong; they taught me different was wrong. Ani DiFranco orange individuality years Either you are a feminist or you are a sexist/misogynist. There is no box marked 'other'. Ani DiFranco boxes sexist feminist I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've always had a place in my music for my anger as a way of compensating for not having a mechanism to express it in my everyday life. So I've been trying to be more true to myself, and that helps me to chill out a little bit. But politically, uh-uh. No. Ani DiFranco anger everyday trying The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society. Ani DiFranco stronger energy looks
