Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we dont talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when its the superstructure of human society. – Ani DiFranco
Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, its not because Im a hero. – Ani DiFranco
Men make angry music and its called rock-and-roll women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly theyre angry and militant. – Ani DiFranco
Pop stardom is not very compelling. Im much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and theres no pomp and circumstance to the performance. Theres no, like, Ill be the rock star, you be the adulating fan. – Ani DiFranco