Fiona Apple

The worst pain in the world is shame.

— Fiona Apple

I just want to feel everything.

— Fiona Apple

“Go with yourself.”

— Fiona Apple

Love is a hell you cannot bear.

— Fiona Apple

Divas are not made, they are born.

— Fiona Apple

Don't waste your crazy!

— Fiona Apple

Put a little love here in my void.

— Fiona Apple

I'm not a control freak.

— Fiona Apple

Come on. I got drunk when I was like 5.

— Fiona Apple

I'm not turned on, so put away that meat you're selling.

— Fiona Apple

In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

— Fiona Apple

It's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.

— Fiona Apple

I walk my dog at dawn because I don't like people to be around.

— Fiona Apple

I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.

— Fiona Apple

Home is where my habits have a habitat

— Fiona Apple

The quick success was a bit strange to get used to.

— Fiona Apple

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

— Fiona Apple

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

— Fiona Apple

The age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because I'm 19?

— Fiona Apple

I'm not the Queen. I'm not a huge superstar; I don't get paparazzi around me.

— Fiona Apple

Categories are gibberish to me. I understand - it helps people organize their thoughts. But you can't go too far with it.

— Fiona Apple

I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.

— Fiona Apple

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

— Fiona Apple

Everything that happens to me, I experience it really intensely. I feel it very deeply.

— Fiona Apple

The truth is it's fun to be up there and know that you're in your underwear. Even though I know I'm exploiting…

— Fiona Apple

I want to move back to the East Coast. I like Venice, but L.A. is ugly. I would kill myself if I…

— Fiona Apple

I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force…

— Fiona Apple

My problem was that I felt ashamed of feeling sad or angry. Now, I don't hide my vulnerability in my lyrics. There's…

— Fiona Apple

“I don't want to give advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make…

— Fiona Apple

“I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I try…

— Fiona Apple

I just tend to do things to myself that I don't realize I'm doing. Sometimes I bite my lip so that it…

— Fiona Apple

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

— Fiona Apple

I might sound crazy about this but, years ago, my mom told me: "We almost died when you were born. Both of…

— Fiona Apple

I just don't really listen to music. I'm probably missing out, but I don't want to know what everybody else is doing.…

— Fiona Apple

One of my friends said to me, "Oh yeah, of course you aren't writing." So I was like, "The next time you…

— Fiona Apple

I volunteered at UCLA's occupational therapy ward, where there are lots of kids with autism and emotional problems. I just wanted to…

— Fiona Apple

It's weird not having companionship and not having somebody to talk to. I have two goldfish in my hotel room. They said,…

— Fiona Apple

My favorite thing is drums. I have a very, very big memory - and I don't have many big memories - of…

— Fiona Apple

"The way I feel about music -- any song, any style -- is that there is no right and wrong, only true…

— Fiona Apple

There are lots of poster children for angst. But there aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if…

— Fiona Apple