I think it is very useful to know ourselves, but when we start naming and labeling, that is dangerous, that gets problematic. It negates that things are always changing. Besides, it's hard to pin a label onto something that's always moving. Ani DiFranco More Quotes by Ani DiFranco More Quotes From Ani DiFranco ...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 I knew naturally as a child not to forfeit my creativity to a world that's all laid out for me. I'll look at everything around me and vow to keep in mind that alla this is just someone's idea. It could have just as well been mine. Ani DiFranco creativity children ideas I want somebody who sees the pointlessness and still keeps their purpose in mind; Ani DiFranco purpose soul mind Now I wonder who is gonna be president: Tweedle Dumb, or Tweedle Dumber-- And who is gonna have the big block buster box office this summer. Ani DiFranco block office summer Now let's get talking: reefer madness. Like some arrogant government can't, By any stretch of the imagination, outlaw a plant. Ani DiFranco government imagination talking They say that the truth will set you free But then again, so will a lie... It depends if you're trying to get to the promised land Or if you're just trying to get by. Ani DiFranco truth-will-set-you-free land lying Music has as many roles as people make it. Ani DiFranco roles people Playing show after show is like my bread and butter. Ani DiFranco bread-and-butter shows bread When I look around I think this, this is good enough; And I laugh at whatever life brings because when I look down, I just miss all the good stuff and when I look up, I just trip over things. Ani DiFranco missing laughing thinking I envy your ignorance, I hear that it's bliss. Ani DiFranco envy ignorance education I had a little bit of resistance to the idea of taking energy away from my work, and the baby comes along and, lo and behold, that's exactly what happens. Ani DiFranco energy baby ideas A good brain ain't diddley, if you don't have the facts. Ani DiFranco education brain facts My political mission is as acute as ever. For me, in addition to kind of looking at the world and trying to engage in my society politically, having the kid around sort of makes me check in with myself. I think you're all busy trying to fix the world, but what about yourself? Ani DiFranco political kids thinking I don't know if there are artists out there who love their own records. I haven't met any, and I'm kind of extreme in the other direction, but therein lies the impetus to keep working and keep making new songs and new records. Ani DiFranco artist song lying Science chases money, and money chases its tail, and the best minds of my generation cannot make bail. Ani DiFranco bail mind work I am 32 flavors and then some. Ani DiFranco flavor expression People talk about my image like I come in two dimensions, like lipstick is a sign of my declining mind, like what I happen to be wearing the day that someone takes my picture is my new statement for all womankind. Ani DiFranco mind two people For me, the stronger ground I have in my personal life, then the more will I have to fight the good fight. Ani DiFranco fight-the-good-fight stronger fighting Patriarchy is a fundamental imbalance underlying society And it's one we rarely address because it's so universal. But as I get older, I see that peace is a product of balance. Ani DiFranco addresses balance fundamentals My distraction's my defense against this lack of inspiration Against this slow deflation Yeah the further the horizon The more it holds my gaze The foreground's out of focus but you know I kinda hope it's just a phase Just a phase. Ani DiFranco defense focus inspiration
