Janis Ian Quotes About School

Quotes about: School

• I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired.

  Janis Ian

  Girl, Queens, School

  Song: At Seventeen, Album: Between the Lines, 1975

• I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Baptist because they listen to the coolest music. We were all listening to Ray Charles and what was then called race music.

  Janis Ian

  Girl, School, Thinking

  "Janis Ian's Controversial 'Society's Child'". "News and Notes" with Tony Cox, www.npr.org. March 2, 2009.

• I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.

  Janis Ian

  Mean Girls, Dog, Teacher

• I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.

  Janis Ian

  Children, Couple, Home

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