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

Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot.
Ani DiFranco

Someone's got to be interested in how I feel, just because I'm here and I'm real.
Ani DiFranco

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

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.
Ani DiFranco

Taken out of context I must seem so strange.
Ani DiFranco

Taking me seriously is a big mistake. I certainly wouldn't.
Ani DiFranco

There isn't much I have to say, that I wouldn't rather just shut up and do.
Ani DiFranco

They taught me different was wrong.
Ani DiFranco

We have to be able to criticise what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if your not trying to make something better, than as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.
Ani DiFranco