Ani DiFranco

Ani Difranco has been in my ibuds the past few days. She is by far on the top of the list for Artists I admire. Her lyrics are original and oddly philosophical - speaking to the strong woman in all of us. She created her own record label at a very young age "Righteous Babe Records" So she could allow herself to create a product that is completely uncensored and true to herself without having to please a commercial record company. Ani often gets a bad rap for being "an Angry Girl" mostly because she speaks the truth of what she see's and there are those who would rather keep uncomfortable things unsaid, but when I listen to her I notice something very different. In every word, every chord, and every performance you can just hear and tell that she loves to do what she does and most important she does it for no one else but her self. I hope to always love what I do as much as she does. These are three songs that I think really will show just how playfully in love she is with making music.

"Little Plastic Castles"

"In a coffee shop

in a city

which is every coffee shop

in every city

on a day

which is every day"

"Pick Yer Nose"

"I fight with love

and I laugh with rage.

You gotta live light enough to see the humor

You gotta live long enough to see some change."

"Both Hands"

"And in each other's shadows

we grew less and less tall

and eventually our theories

couldn't explain it all.

and I'm recording our history

now on the bedroom wall

and when we leave

the landlord will come

and paint over it all"