I think some people think I'm a smarty-pants. Some people think I'm intense, some people think I'm super-esoteric and nuts. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
It's exciting for people to define who they are in relation to what I write - whether it be by loving or… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I'm saying what a lot of people would want to say but are too embarrassed. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
When we [people] are operating from the belief that we're not connected, it feels so dangerous and scary and vulnerable and awful. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I'll be writing records until I'm dead, whether people like it or not! — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Infidelity is a deal breaker for me. I've broken up with people over it. You can't do monogamy 90 percent of the time. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
The people that were invested in me staying the same way after a decade will most likely by default have to be… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
My greatest achievement is being able to write records that are real snapshots of what's going on in my life. I won't… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
My favourite pastime used to be sitting on a park bench watching people. But after 'Jagged Little Pill,' the eyeballs turned, and… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
The thing you can't underestimate is the true fan's intimacy. So Lady Gaga or anybody's true fan, I don't think they're going… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I believe we've been given free will, and we can take responsibility for our own lives and for creating our own environments… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Writing the record for me - every record is almost a surprise. When people ask me, what are the themes you want… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I don't want to offend people and I don't want to be mean, but social commentary and comedy for me are part… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
When I pray, I'm just talking to what some people might call our higher selves: God, myself, my intuition, my heart. Whatever… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I've been surrounded by a lot of people who felt that external success would result in them feeling good about themselves. But… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Part of being famous is offering up this blank screen upon which people can project everything, and it's a sacred act, putting… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I wish people could achieve what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that that's not really… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I love the universality of music and how it can viscerally connect people from culture to culture, regardless of anything. It kind… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had executives who can't come to my… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I'd rather talk to people about their personal spiritual practices or what they believe love is. I'm born to do that. Could… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Knowing that people make my songs their own is what keeps me going. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I've always been really opinionated, and mixed with being really open hearted, open to people shifting what I think all the time,… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I'll be writing records until I'm dead, whether people like it or not! I can't not write; if I don't, then I… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I love to get to the underbelly of why people are up in arms about anything. Really, what I see is a… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
When people ask me who I'd want to have dinner with, dead or alive, I always say, 'John Lennon.' I just feel… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
If I have taken part in anything perceived as the fame machine, it's been my choice. My motivations certainly have been different… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement. I find the hypocritical aspect disconcerting, to… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
If someone hates or loves something, then right on. I can't rob them of that. I'm not going to try and change their mind.… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Don't be surprised if I Love you for aLL that you are, I couLdn't heLp it, it's aLL your fauLt.. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
My main objective with every album is to capture a moment in time, which usually makes the whole process very relaxing. I only discover… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you When you think everything's okay and everything's going right And life has a… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image