Author: Janis Ian

Quotes

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

- 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.

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

I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.

I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.

- Janis Ian

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

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 started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.

I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.

- Janis Ian

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