I have a healthy, overly-active disrespect for business in general. The profit motive is always at work no matter how many good people there are working within it who really believe in the music. The system itself couldn't care less about the music. For DiFranco, the purpose of her career is standing on stage, singing her heart out. I'm not one of those studio people who likes to cloister themselves in a suburban basement and turn knobs.
Music is about an exchange between people.
DiFranco describes herself as a road warrior. My life doesn't have the typical industry rhythms of put out the album, release the single, do the publicity, hit the road for four months and then go back home again. I'm always out there working. DiFranco's audiences range from long-haired folkies to young girls exploring their sexuality. As can happen with any fan, the voice they actually discover is DiFranco's.