Ani DiFranco Quotes About Language

Quotes about: Language

• I don't like my language watered down, I don't like my edges rounded off.

  Ani DiFranco

  Music, Language, Edges

  Song: Make Me Stay, Album: Not So Soft

• ...words are some of the most powerful and important things I know....Language is the tool of love and the weapon of hatred. It's the bright red warning flag of danger--and the stone foundation of diplomacy and peace.

  Ani DiFranco

  Powerful, Hatred, Important

• It's the ground that we walk on, it's where we sit, it's the language that we use. It's a difficult undertaking, but I think without healing that and creating more of a balance between the sexes, we will never have balance globally. I feel like I am going deeper and deeper into this space where I came from that I barely understood.

  Ani DiFranco

  Sex, Healing, Thinking

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 31, 2013.

• I think if we can't use the word feminist, if it's some kind of taboo or dirty word, or means you're ugly, or you're angry, or you're not dateable [laughs], then you've just reduced the language by a whole concept.

  Ani DiFranco

  Dirty, Mean, Thinking

  "Interview: Righteous Babe Ani DiFranco". Interview by Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. September 8, 1999.

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