LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE thedailyfeed: Has Ani DiFranco, the oft-labeled “angry” singer-songwriter, finally found contentment? Now 41 and married with an almost 5-year-old daughter, DiFranco just released her 17th studio album, “¿Which Side Are You on?” She sat down with The Daily to talk about being a happier, healthier rebel. In your song “J,” you continue your open discussion of pot smoking. Was there any debate over whether or not you’d remain a smoker after having your child?Well, sure. You worry about things when you’re pregnant and breastfeeding and every woman finds their own balance with that. Now my kid is pushing 5, as she becomes more aware, you’re like, “OK, now do I have to hide it from her?” It’s ridiculously illegal in our society. But I don’t think it’s wrong. I think of all the mood-altering substances that we partake in legally all day long, this is far less offensive. You say, “If you’re not getting happier as you get older, you’re f***in’ up.” Are you getting happier?Thankfully, I am, and therefore healthier. I used to consider myself very susceptible, almost sickly. And now I realize that I was just stressed out. As I’ve become happier and calmer, I’m way healthier, stronger, I sleep better. It’s amazing stuff, happiness.Does the old Ani ever creep in and say, “What are you doing? Work faster!”?There’s something about driven people, artists, pounding away on the road and spitting albums into the world and furiously creating songs. People who do that are broken. They have huge, gaping holes inside of them, and they’re trying to fill them with something. That’s what I was doing.

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Has Ani DiFranco, the oft-labeled “angry” singer-songwriter, finally found contentment? Now 41 and married with an almost 5-year-old daughter, DiFranco just released her 17th studio album, “¿Which Side Are You on?” She sat down with The Daily to talk about being a happier, healthier rebel.

In your song “J,” you continue your open discussion of pot smoking. Was there any debate over whether or not you’d remain a smoker after having your child?
Well, sure. You worry about things when you’re pregnant and breastfeeding and every woman finds their own balance with that. Now my kid is pushing 5, as she becomes more aware, you’re like, “OK, now do I have to hide it from her?” It’s ridiculously illegal in our society. But I don’t think it’s wrong. I think of all the mood-altering substances that we partake in legally all day long, this is far less offensive. 

You say, “If you’re not getting happier as you get older, you’re f***in’ up.” Are you getting happier?
Thankfully, I am, and therefore healthier. I used to consider myself very susceptible, almost sickly. And now I realize that I was just stressed out. As I’ve become happier and calmer, I’m way healthier, stronger, I sleep better. It’s amazing stuff, happiness.

Does the old Ani ever creep in and say, “What are you doing? Work faster!”?
There’s something about driven people, artists, pounding away on the road and spitting albums into the world and furiously creating songs. People who do that are broken. They have huge, gaping holes inside of them, and they’re trying to fill them with something. That’s what I was doing.

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