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Song Quotes by Alanis Morissette
- Writing a song doesn't heal things. Even if the song comes up with a solution, it's still only a theory. Going out and living my…
- I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.
- Most of the songs are, in a roundabout way, actually addressed to myself, there's a certain aspect of the songs that's very confessional, very unadulterated...It…
- 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…
- When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So…
- I love songs that are very autobiographical.
- In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.
- I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
- I'll keep evolving and put that into my songs.
- The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.
- The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.
- Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one.
- When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out.
- 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…
- My brother says that I was writing songs about fate while he was off playing soccer. Now I tell him he's 33 and being a…
- When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the…
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- To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know. — Sebastian Bach
- My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies. — Randy Bachman
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