Author: Janis Ian

Quotes

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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 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

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