Author: Janis Ian

Quotes

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

Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

- 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

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'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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

- Janis Ian

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