Quotes By Alanis Morissette

And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I want to do since Day 1.

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

Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics... I just go in and let it happen.

I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make a change.

I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful.

There's cleanliness to how I eat now. I'm much more in tune with my body, so now that I'm so in tune based on having become a semivegan, I can tell what foods affect energy levels. I can tell when I've been eating particularly high nutrient foods or I can tell when my glycemic levels are all over the place.

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

I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't.

I really do see that anywhere I am, whether it's doing interviews a hundred in a row, that every situation I'm in, I'm at choice in the matter.

I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old.

There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find what I am doing now more refreshing.

What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a lot of articles that are going to be misrepresentative of what I'm about as a person and as a writer.

I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies.

I know that I'm deeply, spiritually, profoundly philosophical and I also know that I'm about the flakiest person you're gonna meet.

At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck.

I could write six songs in one day with everything that's going on.

I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second.

The ego is a fascinating monster.

My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the passion.' The passion can write a lot of things.

I live with some of my best friends from high school, very commune-like, in my house. It's my hippie way of life.

Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

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

I wish people could acheive what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that thats not really what happiness is.

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

When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.

When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out.

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.

Breakups are a horrible thing for almost everybody I know. For someone who is a love addict, it's debilitating.

Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher.