Ani difranco

I've been a long time coming, and I'll be a long time gone. You've got your whole life to do something, and that's not very long.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and has made me address parts of myself that I would otherwise live in comfortable denial of, or...

Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society.

A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I...

Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero.

Patriarchy is a fundamental imbalance underlying society And it's one we rarely address because it's so universal. But as I get older, I see that peace is a product of balance.

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

Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.