Alanis Morissette Quotes
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You are a worksmith and who cares for his brothers, whos not seduced by illusions or fair weather friends.
I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.
When we [people] are operating from the belief that we're not connected, it feels so dangerous and scary and vulnerable and awful.
My yearn for home is broadened
Patriotism expanded
By callings from beyond
So I pack my things
Nothing precious
All things sacred
Patriotism expanded
By callings from beyond
So I pack my things
Nothing precious
All things sacred
I couldn't be touring unless my husband was on the road with me, taking care of our son while I'm onstage and doing interviews.
All I can promise myself and everyone else is that this record is a snapshot of thisperiod in my life. It will be that by default.
I have as much rage as you have, I have as much pain as you do, I've lived as much hell as you have, and I've kept mine bubbling under for you.
I was so ready to become a mom. Actually, I was ready secondarily to become a mom. I was so ready to have the intimacy and commitment of marriage.
I live with some of my best friends from high school, very commune-like, in my house. It's my hippie way of life.
The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.
What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
I'm about 90 percent vegan. I think veganism is really well suited for training, at least for me anyway.
I can be in the worst PMS, Mercury in retrograde, most awful circumstance - and then if my girlfriends and I are giggling about it, everything's okay.
In my life, anyway, anytime that I judge something to be rigidly right or wrong, it comes from fear.
I grew up in a very masculine environment. So I was around a lot of men, my brothers and their friends. There was just a lot of guys around.
When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out.
Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one.
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.
We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.
As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody.
Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher.
In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.
It's not hard to feel afraid and insecure. I still fight an inner-critic voice, definitely. I hear it a lot.
We eat when we're full, and we hoard all the rest. With our hands on remotes, we say, yes, we're the best.
I am a firm believer that one way to become enlightened is to be so relaxed, as relaxed as you possibly can be.
It's exciting for people to define who they are in relation to what I write - whether it be by loving or hating it.
I was extremely moved by the plight of Tsunami victims and I was inspired to try to make a difference.
I know that I'm deeply, spiritually, profoundly philosophical and I also know that I'm about the flakiest person you're gonna meet.
Let's grease the wheel over tea, let's discuss things in confidence. Let's be outspoken, let's be ridiculous, let's solve the world's problems.
In 1995, I was thrust into the role of reluctant, flag-waving feminist and emotionally-focused artist/advocate.
I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics.
Long hair is a security blanket for me. I cut it short a few years ago and I really never want to do that again. When I do cut it, I cut it myself.
There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find what I am doing now more refreshing.
Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.