Ani DiFranco Quotes

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

The art of life is to show your hand.

Expressing truth is hard work.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook, and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

I have always said what is in my heart.

I sort of feel that I have to constantly be really, really honest with the way I feel, and I have to get that out.

I don't try to stop myself from becoming too personal. I just put it all out there. If anything, I try to remind myself to be as honest as possible all the time. Why hold back?

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

What's the point of a song if you can't be honest?

I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.

Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.

In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it.

I've learned that maybe sometimes it's better to show people who you are and what you are thinking about. That way, you can be more relaxed with yourself.

When you're just open but not honest, then you start free-associating garbage.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.