I'm searching, as we all are, for ways to feel good about myself. Certainly, looking in the mirror doesn't do it! Ani DiFranco More Quotes by Ani DiFranco More Quotes From Ani DiFranco Some people's minds we're not going to change. But if we can't, we need to bring more positive voices into the discussion. Ani DiFranco voice mind people The scary truth is, you have to scratch some veneer off to gauge where the moral fiber really is in certain pockets of society. It's raw. It's scary. But it gives us a place to work with. Ani DiFranco moral-fiber scary giving What I like way better than LGBT in terms of labeling sexuality actually is a scheme that comes to me from my friend Animal Prufrock wherein one is identified not by what they supposedly "are" but rather by what they are into. Which brings us to the terms hemosexual, shemosexual, and mosexual. Ani DiFranco lgbt animal way It's the ground that we walk on, it's where we sit, it's the language that we use. It's a difficult undertaking, but I think without healing that and creating more of a balance between the sexes, we will never have balance globally. I feel like I am going deeper and deeper into this space where I came from that I barely understood. Ani DiFranco healing sex thinking I never try to imagine the future. I kinda think it's a waste of time. I live in the now. Ani DiFranco waste trying thinking Well, it's really gratifying to me to have a stage and some bright lights and a microphone. They're tools and opportunities, and to be able to just pull somebody up on stage with me and point at them is a great feeling. Ani DiFranco light feelings opportunity There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism. Ani DiFranco feminism concerned As any mom knows, having a baby is an extremely creative act and to love and create a baby, it's on par with any other creative act that we could come up with. Ani DiFranco mom creative baby I'm pretty much a workaholic, but when you're doing what you love it's hard to think of a reason to stop. Ani DiFranco doing-what-you-love workaholic thinking One thing I do find in the "lost" generation or something is a kind of abhorrence of history, you know, like it's boring, dumb, or just not interesting. I think it's terribly interesting if you can get your head around how it relates to where you're standing right here and now. Ani DiFranco dumb interesting thinking I'm home in New Orleans! Ani DiFranco new-orleans home Women who don't control their own reproductive rights are not free. Ani DiFranco reproductive-rights rights We need a radically truthful way to acknowledge reproductive freedom. Ani DiFranco truthful way needs You've already put more than enough energy into worry. That's all women have been allowed to do, historically. Ani DiFranco energy enough worry I fear that Donald Trump will continue to be followed around by the media in its totality as he continues to rail against Hillary Clinton. Ani DiFranco trump clinton media Promiscuity does not scare me as long as she is savvy and self possessed when puberty comes to call. My aim is to simply raise my daughter to be secure in her self worth and capable of happiness all on her own. Ani DiFranco daughter self-worth long Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake. Sometimes there's poetry written right on the bathroom wall. Ani DiFranco you poetry beauty sometimes I believe the act of giving birth to be the single most miraculous thing a human being can do and it is surely the moment when a lot of women finally understand the depth of their power. You think it can’t possibly be done, you think you can’t possibly take the pain, and then you do-—and afterward you look at yourself in a whole new way. If you can do that, you can do anything. Ani DiFranco pain believe thinking
