Alanis Morissette Quotes

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.

I’ll be writing songs till I die. There’s just no question.

I think some fans want everything to stay they same because they want to stay the same.

When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to – in a very patriarchal entertainment industry, let alone planet – very much hell-bent on trying to prove to myself, if nothing else, that I could do it as a woman.

For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.

I’ll keep evolving and put that into my songs.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

And I always laugh at that, because I think I’ve always been doing what I want to do since Day 1.

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

With songwriting I spend a lot of time living life, accruing all these experiences, journaling, and then by the time I get to the studio I’m teeming with the drive to write.

Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there’s been a liberating force that’s come from it.

Over the last couple of years, I’ve really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

Down the road, I’ll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.

Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one.

If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But I’ve also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it.

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.

I am what I am Are you what you are or What?

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 just go in and let it happen.