What should be people’s first introduction to Ani DiFranco?
Before Red Letter Year, I put together a compilation record called Canon. It’s got a collection of my songs, from 20 records or something, and it’s very distilled, and very, very incomplete. But that record would be a good jumping-off point, I guess. So many seem to latch on to you and feel that they own you. How does that make you feel? I don’t really dwell on it. I’m a pretty private person. When I’m not working, I’m just hanging out with my friends and that doesn’t really intrude on my life. I tell people it’s a good problem to have! In the past it was a little more overwhelming and a little more disturbing to my life. These days the interactions I have with my listeners, even if I’m just walking down the street or sitting in a restaurant – they’re really cool people who say really touching things. I get a lot more support than I do intrusion. Do you notice any difference that your music has made on the world? Oooh yeah! It’s hard to quantify or explain in a few sentences, because i
