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Janis Ian quotes: I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted.

I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted.

Janis Ian quotes: I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

Janis Ian quotes: I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things.

I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things.

Janis Ian quotes: Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.

Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.

Janis Ian quotes: I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

Janis Ian quotes: Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.

Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.

Janis Ian quotes: Did you have an awesome time? Did you drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak up each others awesomeness?

Did you have an awesome time? Did you drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak up each others awesomeness?

Janis Ian quotes: A friend of mine once told me 'For people like us, the meaning is the search for the meaning.

A friend of mine once told me 'For people like us, the meaning is the search for the meaning.

Janis Ian quotes: A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

Janis Ian quotes: Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

Janis Ian quotes: There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.

There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.

Janis Ian quotes: That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling.

That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling.

Janis Ian quotes: My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well.

My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well.

Janis Ian quotes: When you're young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

When you're young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

Janis Ian quotes: Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free.

Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free.

Janis Ian quotes: It seems to be part of the human condition to need someone you can look down on. I still don't get that one.

It seems to be part of the human condition to need someone you can look down on. I still don't get that one.

Janis Ian quotes: Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.

Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.

Janis Ian quotes: The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work

The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has.

Janis Ian quotes: I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.

I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.

Janis Ian quotes: I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.

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

Janis Ian quotes: At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

Janis Ian quotes: Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

Janis Ian quotes: It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

Janis Ian quotes: Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.

Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.

Janis Ian quotes: I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking.

I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking.

Janis Ian quotes: It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers.

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers.