511 Quotes by Ani DiFranco

People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that they are real

And God help you if you are a phoenix, and you dare to rise up from the ash. A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy while you are just flying past.

Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society?

"The lumberjacks with their bloody axesAre on their knees"

Gonna go out to the arrivals gate at the airport / And sit there all day / Watch people reuniting, public affection so exciting / It even makes airports okay

I used to be a superhero / No one could hurt me / Not even myself / You are like a phone booth / That I somehow stumbled into / And now look at me / I am just like everybody else.

Looks like my crazy family Is down one crazy daughter cause I'm shipwrecked in a desert that Once was underwent just Looking for a swift turn of phrase Some colors to fly As I float by In the parade