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 Those who call the shots are never in the line of fire. Ani DiFranco shots lines fire I use my dress to wipe up my drink, I care less and less what people think. Ani DiFranco social-taboos people thinking What makes you so lavish that you can afford to spend every sober moment feeling angry and bored? Ani DiFranco unanswered-questions bored feelings We get a little further from perfection each year. I think that's called character. I think that's just how it goes. Ani DiFranco character life thinking You are so lame. You always disappoint me. It's kind of like our running joke but it's really not funny and I just want you to live up to the image of you I create. Ani DiFranco lame want running Having more exposure is kind of a bittersweet thing for me, honestly, because it's nice to have a little more job security in life now. Ani DiFranco nice littles jobs I did a lot of work with myself over the course of being pregnant and the first few months of being pregnant. It's nice, the pace of being pregnant; it gives you a long time to not just germinate a baby but germinate the mother that you're gonna be. Ani DiFranco nice mother baby now the profile of our country looks a little less hard nosed / but that picket line persisted and that clinic's since been closed / they keep pounding their fists on reality hoping it will break / but I don't think there's a one of us leads a life free of mistakes Ani DiFranco mistake country reality People used to make records, as in the record of an event, the event of people playing music in a room, and now everything's cross-marketing, its about sunglasses and shoes, or guns and drugs that you choose. Ani DiFranco shoes gun people I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it. Ani DiFranco powerful people art Love sets fire to your schedule, And then calls an end to time. Ani DiFranco schedules ends fire I think I'm a very solitary person. To actually not be anonymous is a bit claustrophobic for me. Ani DiFranco solitary persons thinking I speak without reservation, from what I know and who I am. I do so with the understanding that all people should have the right to offer their voices to the chorus whether the result is harmony or dissonance. The worldsong is a colorless dirge without the differences that distinguish us, and it is that difference which should be celebrated not condemned. Ani DiFranco voice who-i-am should-have You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance. Ani DiFranco ecosystems government people Feminism is not only for women It's something everyone can participate in, and evolve together, as the first step in the right direction. I see feminism as a tool to achieve that balance and peace. Ani DiFranco feminism balance together If you think you know what I'm doing wrong well you're gonna have to get in line. Ani DiFranco wells lines thinking I know the biggest crime is just to throw up your hands, Say, This has nothing to do with me, I just want to live as comfortably as I can... Ani DiFranco crime want hands You got to look outside- your eyes- you got to think outside- your brain- you got to walk outside- your life- to where the neighborhoods change. Ani DiFranco eye teaching teacher i found religion in the greeting card aisle now i know hallmark was right Ani DiFranco women cards religion ...words are some of the most powerful and important things I know....Language is the tool of love and the weapon of hatred. It's the bright red warning flag of danger--and the stone foundation of diplomacy and peace. Ani DiFranco powerful important hatred
