I don’t hate being compared with female musicians. I don’t mind that at all. I have no problem with seeing connections between women’s work. Ani DiFranco Read Quote
These days, my main guitar amps have been Magnatone. They’re beautiful. Magnatones have actual tremolo, which I recently learned about guitar amps. Often what guitar amps call vibrato is really just a volume Up and Down. But Magnatone has a true vibrato, which is pitch bending. And so, it’s just a lush sound. Ani DiFranco Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’ve been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I’ve always had a place in my music for my anger as a way of compensating for not having a mechanism to express it in my everyday life. So I’ve been trying to be more true to myself, and that helps me to chill out a little bit. But politically, uh-uh. No. Ani DiFranco Read Quote
I think I’m a very solitary person. To actually not be anonymous is a bit claustrophobic for me. Ani DiFranco Read Quote
The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society. Ani DiFranco Read Quote
For me, the stronger ground I have in my personal life, then the more will I have to fight the good fight. Ani DiFranco Read Quote
When all you can think of is your own personal problems, you have nothing to give to your society. If you’re trying to figure out where your next meal is coming from, you can’t go march on Washington. Ani DiFranco Read Quote
