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Songs Quotes by Alanis Morissette
- 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…
- 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.
- 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 thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.
- 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…
- My main objective with every album is to capture a moment in time, which usually makes the whole process very relaxing. I only discover in…
- Knowing that people make my songs their own is what keeps me going.
- Do I appreciate the idea of jealousy, revenge and all these so-called dark qualities? Yes. Do I write these songs in order to engage in…
- I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.
- I could write six songs in one day with everything that's going on.
- I remember when I was 10-years old I was at that proverbial fork in the road and I was acting as much as I was…
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- A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams
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- As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate. — Beck
- I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. — Joseph Addison
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