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Janis Ian Quotes

Janis Ian quotes

American Musician April 7, 1951

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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
So remember those who win the game. Lose the love they sought to gain. In debitures of quality and dubious integrity. Their small-town eyes will gape at you. In dull surprise when payment due. Exceeds accounts received at seventeen Janis Ian
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
Janis Ian quote: "I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my..."
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
I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years. Janis Ian
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
I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read. Janis Ian
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
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
Janis Ian quote: "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
Janis Ian quote: "I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not..."
I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted. Janis Ian
Janis Ian quote: "I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started..."
I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11. Janis Ian
Janis Ian quote: "I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always..."
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
I think all of us thought that by the '70s, at the latest the '80s, all the world's problems would be solved and everyone would be getting along fine. And instead we saw that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated that year, Robert F. Kennedy died. We saw that it was going to be a lot more difficult than I think we had thought. Janis Ian
The heart of a city Is the soul of a man It winds like a river Through the heart of the land They can tear down a building They can tear down a park They can strike at a symbol But they can't strike the heart Janis Ian

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