Quotes By Fiona Apple

I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.

I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.

When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.

I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.

Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.

Five years from now I'm probably going to look back on the things I'm doing and cringe.

In a sense it's a lot crazier when you're on the road and it's a lot less stable, but it's actually really healthy for me because it keeps me from isolating, which I tend to do a lot.

Men are my bread and butter. It's what I live for! I have no shame about that.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

I got a lot of problems, but I'm really good at intuiting what I need to do to be happy with whatever I create. I know when to stop myself, I know when to start, I know when to leave something alone. I guess I just kind of indulge that completely, and so I just take my time.

No, I've never wanted kids. But I do read about parenting a lot.

And if I'm being honest, I don't think I have an ex-boyfriend who would have something mean to say about me.

If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me.

You can live your whole life in your brain and not experience what's around you. You go crazy that way.

Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.

I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

I want to be like the patron saint of reality.

I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while.

I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me.

Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.

I just tend to do things to myself that I don't realize I'm doing. Sometimes I bite my lip so that it splits and hurts, and yet I can't stop. And sometimes I'd play shows on the last run, I'd scratch my neck while I was singing, and I'd horrified to see these red streaks of blood after.

I'm incredibly impressed by people who organize to achieve a goal, and believe that they can make a difference and then go ahead and do just that. I think it's incredible.

I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.

If you want to see me cry, just come to a photo shoot.

I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.

I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment.

I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.

Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.