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Janis Ian Biography

Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s; her most widely recognized song, "At Seventeen", was released as a single from her 1975 album Between the Lines which reached number 1 on the Billboard chart.

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Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free.

Doe, Enemy, Free, Philosophy, Truth

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

Born, Coming, Feels, Music, Wasted

I was interviewed for a Grammy television show, and they asked me about Nashville, and I talked for three minutes and when I finished, I was teared up. The whole room was crying. Nashville has given me a home, where I never had a home before.

Home, Minutes, Nashville, Show, Television, Three

I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact.

Asking, Child, Children, Hate, Song, Vague

Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.

Leaves, Leaving Me, More Time, Road, Time, Writer

Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.

Dream, Gave, Girl, Girls, Ugly, Ugly Duckling

The heart of a city Is the soul of a man It winds like a river Through the heart of the land They can tear down a building They can tear down a park They can strike at a symbol But they can't strike the heart.

Heart, Men, Park, Strike, Symbol, Wind

I don't pretend to be an expert on intellectual property law, but I do know one thing. If a music industry executive claims I should agree with their agenda because it will make me more money, I put my hand on my walletand check it after they leave, just to make sure nothing's missing.

Expert, Hands, Industry, Law, Missing, Pretend

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.

Careers, Europe, Love, Mean, Right

I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

Keep, Lazy, Musician, Thinking, Writers

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

Firsts, Hear, Moment, Moments, Radio, Time

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.

Effects, Having, Hit, Taken, Talent, Work

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

Accepting, I Can, Neat, Point, Reached

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.

Children, Couple, Home, School, Sitting, Thinking

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.

Couple, Good, Good Luck, Pretty, Short, Writing

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.

Goes On, Hope, Keeping, Realize, Realizing, The End Of The Day

I'm a huge Peter Mayer fan, but only when I don't feel like killing him for being so good. I love Peter's work, though it irritates me that he plays so much better than I do. If I rocked half as hard as Peter does, I'd own the world by now.

Doe, Fans, Hard, Irritates, Peter, Play

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers.

Peers, People, Probably, Thing, Write, Writing

Society's Child' was a real hard record to start with. That's all you want is for you to put your first record out and have people screaming at you in the streets. But it taught me right away that what I was doing was valuable and important.

Child, Children, People, Real, Start, Streets

I see interracial couples all the time in Nashville. I'm a Jew in Nashville. I'm a gay person in Nashville. It's a non-issue in most of the time. That's a huge leap forward.

Couple, Forward, Gay, Leap, Nashville, Time

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