It’s neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.
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When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn't really part of it.
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Birth: | 7th April, 1951 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Lyricist, Singer |
Janis Ian was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author 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. She has won two Grammy Awards, the first in 1975 for "At Seventeen" and the second in 2013 for Best Spoken Word Album, for her autobiography, Society's Child. Her albums list shown below: For All the Seasons of Your Mind, Between the Lines, Aftertones, Miracle Row, Night Rains, Restless Eyes, Uncle Wonderful, Revenge, Society's Child, Hunger, God & The FBI, Billie's Bones, Working Without a Net, and Folk Is the New Black. She has written several books include: Who Really Cares: Childhood Poems and Society's Child: My Autobiography.
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