#so

I see interracial couples all the time in Nashville. I'm a Jew in Nashville. I'm a gay person in Nashville. It's a non-issue in most of the time. That's a huge leap forward. ↗

— Janis Ian

#forward #gay #huge #i #i see

I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy. ↗

— Janis Ian

#anything #doing #else #i #i think

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

#fiction #fiction writing #good #good luck #had

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

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

#down #get #human #human condition #i

'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

Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied. ↗

— Janis Ian

#people #rather #some #some people #stay

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

I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don't even recognize myself. ↗

— Scott Ian

#even #i #i see #know #myself