#in

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#borrowing #ceases #debt #founded #free

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

#because #black #called #charles #coolest

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

— Janis Ian

#am #finally #i #i am #i can

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. ↗

— Janis Ian

#better #i #i do #i write #make

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

#civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #congress #doing

'Society's Child' was a real hard record to start with. That's all you want is for you to put your first record out and have people screaming at you in the streets. But it taught me right away that what I was doing was valuable and important. ↗

— Janis Ian

#child #doing #first #hard #i

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

— Janis Ian

#first #first time #hear #moment #radio

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it. ↗

— Janis Ian

#best #better #decade #get #gets

When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn't really part of it. ↗

— Janis Ian

#because #call #confusing #end #hinges

A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage - that's what the guitar for me has always been. ↗

— Scott Ian

#always #band #been #being #best