Alanis Morissette Quotes

I'm quite obsessed with the idea of nailing the girl friendship. It's such an art, so delicate.

When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my a...

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.

Only traumatised people want to be famous.

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the wi...

It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well...

I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.

As a teen, I was both anorexic and bulimic.

It's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to...

Anger has been a really big deal for women: how can we express it without feeling that, as the physi...

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves ...

When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible re...

Part of being famous is offering up this blank screen upon which people can project everything, and ...

I was so ready to become a mom. Actually, I was ready secondarily to become a mom. I was so ready to...

I've just always felt it's an incredibly empowering thing, particularly for young women, to capitali...

My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later. W...

Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that...

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the b...

A feeling is not bottomless. once felt all the way through,a great peace greets you there

There's a continuity between what I care about in any form: I care about it in my music, in article-...

I think a common misperception about attuning and tending to a child's needs so constantly is that t...

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or try...

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sin...

My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the ...

Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered throug...

The spirituality that I experience sometimes touches on religion, in that I resonate with the thread...

My son was five months old, and I built a makeshift studio in my living room so that I could do the ...

I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.

My greatest environments in which I can grow, or grow up, is in personal romantic relationships with...

Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is...

For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and...

I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealt...

A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.

Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events...

What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the fir...

Do I appreciate the idea of jealousy, revenge and all these so-called dark qualities? Yes. Do I writ...

Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my ...

I still indulge in a glass of wine or chocolate - treats are mandatory. Without deviating from the d...

I am what I am Are you what you are or What?

We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value t...

Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave.

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little ...

I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.

I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I g...

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is reall...

There was a period of time during the 'Jagged Little Pill' era where I don't think I laughed for abo...