Such an inspiration
A fighter, an activist, a liberal, a feminist, gay rights leader, amazing... you could use those words and so much more to describe Ani Difranco. What a wonderful artist. Music plays such an important role in my life, and any of her cds could be my soundtrack. No matter what I'm feeling, her music helps me and inspires me to do wonderful things.

Quotes
"My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do."

"I find it hard to accept rebel music in a corporate setting. Because you know all those people have to play that game. They all have to show up to the photo shoot with the stylist and make-up artist and pose like good little rock stars. Fuck that. Fuck all of that."

"I always was an activist, and whenever I get bogged down, I look at all those progressive lawyers I know who work in death-penalty resource centers, or my friends who work at rape crisis centers or hospitals and AIDS wards. There are so many people doing work like that who don't get applause at the end of the day. Those are the people I draw my inspiration from."

"If you really are interested in challenging the system, I don't think you can just become a part of it and expect that your music can still present that challenge. The more voices outside the sacred circle we have making noise, the more useful it is."

"I try to laugh at whatever life brings. When I look down, I just miss all the good stuff...when I look up, I just triop over things.

"I am not an angry girl/but it seems like I've got everyone fooled, every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear"

"Confuse weaponry with liberty, and watch your kids act it out"

"Cuz if you're not angry, then you're just stupid you dont care. how else can you react when you know something so unfair, when the man of the hour can kill half the world in war, and make them slaves to a superpower and let them die poor"

"We are made to bleed, and scab and heal, and bleed again"

"If a flag of truth were raised we could watch every liar rise to wave it"

Great Page On Ani!
Short Profile

Occupation: Musician, Singer, Songwriter

Name: Ani DiFranco

Date of Birth: September 23, 1970

Place of Birth: Buffalo, N.Y., USA

Sign: Libra

Relations: Husband: Andrew Gilchrist (soundman)

*~*~*~Discography~*~*~*

1989 Ani DiFranco
1991 Not So Soft
1992 Imperfectly
1993 Puddle Dive
1994 Out of Range
1995 Not a Pretty Girl
1996 Dilate
1996 More Joy, Less Shame
1997 Living in Clip
1998 Little Plastic Castle
1998 Women in (E)Motion
1998 Not a Pretty Girl [Bonus Tracks]
1998 Little Plastic Castle [Japan]
1998 Not a Pretty Girl [Japan]
1998 Up Up Up Up Up Up [Japan]
1999 Up Up Up Up Up Up
1999 Fellow Workers
1999 To the Teeth
2001 Revelling & Reckoning

*~*~*~Where To Get Her Stuff*~*~*
Ani has some great web sites. Go here for her merchandise! http://www.righteousbabe.com/store/