Ani Difranco Art Quotations

Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.

Art is why I get up in the morning, but my definition ends there.

I would like to perfect the art of being studiously aloof

There is no alternative. A Democrat is a Republican is a big businessman, and we're all consumers instead of citizens. It just manifests in the culture, in the music, in the art. I feel a little panicky about it.

I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it.

Don't tell me what they did to you as though you had no choice. Tell me, isn't that your picture? Isn't that your voice.

Words are hotter than flames. Words are wetter than water.

I turned my pain into art and my hard work into a career. Helping myself has helped others. helping others has helped me.

We're led by denial like lambs to slaughter, serving empires of style and carbonated sugar water.

Art is why I get up in the morning; my definition ends there. You know it doesn't seem fair, that I'm living for something I can't even define. And there you are right there, in the mean time.