Author: Janis Ian

Quotes

I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

- 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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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