Janis Ian Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.”

“Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact.”

“Of course, I have a different vested interest in the gay community, because I am gay, and I would certainly enjoy the tax advantages that straight people have, and the inheritance advantages, and things like Social Security, but I've always been a civil rights advocate across the board. That's how I was raised.”