People Quotes by Alanis Morissette

Knowing that people make my songs their own is what keeps me going.

— Alanis Morissette

Only traumatised people want to be famous.

— Alanis Morissette

I'll be writing records until I'm dead, whether people like it or not!

— Alanis Morissette

I'm saying what a lot of people would want to say but are too embarrassed.

— Alanis Morissette

I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art.

— Alanis Morissette

There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find…

— Alanis Morissette

It's exciting for people to define who they are in relation to what I write - whether it be by loving or…

— Alanis Morissette

My favourite pastime used to be sitting on a park bench watching people. But after 'Jagged Little Pill,' the eyeballs turned, and…

— Alanis Morissette

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

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

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

— Alanis Morissette

The people that were invested in me staying the same way after a decade will most likely by default have to be…

— Alanis Morissette

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their…

— Alanis Morissette

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

Writing the record for me - every record is almost a surprise. When people ask me, what are the themes you want…

— Alanis Morissette

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

I love to get to the underbelly of why people are up in arms about anything. Really, what I see is a…

— Alanis Morissette

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

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

At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort…

— Alanis Morissette

In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement. I find the hypocritical aspect disconcerting, to…

— Alanis Morissette

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

— Alanis Morissette

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Alanis Morissette

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

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

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

I love the universality of music and how it can viscerally connect people from culture to culture, regardless of anything. It kind…

— Alanis Morissette

Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older…

— Alanis Morissette

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

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

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

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

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