Alanis Morissette Quotes

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Alanis Morissette

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 1, 1974

I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics.

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Anger has been a really big deal for women: how can we express it without feeling that, as the physically weaker sex, we won't get killed. The alpha-woman was burned at the stake and had her head chopped off in days of old.

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I was 9 when I wrote 'Fate Stay with Me.' It was this fictional song about romance gone wrong.

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It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me.

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Typically, I would run away from conflict and write about it - that was easier than staying and dealing face-to-face with humans; that's terrifying for me.

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Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.

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Variety is important when it comes to exercise. I don't do anything that bores me to tears.

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And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process.

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I'd rather talk to people about their personal spiritual practices or what they believe love is. I'm born to do that. Could I enter into the political realm and dive into that? Sure, but I don't think I would want to do that.

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There's cleanliness to how I eat now. I'm much more in tune with my body, so now that I'm so in tune based on having become a semivegan, I can tell what foods affect energy levels. I can tell when I've been eating particularly high nutrient foods or I can tell when my glycemic levels are all over the place.

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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 professional while I'm playing soccer with my friends. Ha!

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

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I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He's really full-on. I couldn't do it any other way.

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I think fame became exciting for me in the late '90s because I could actually use it as a means to an end. I could actually have it help me serve my vocationfulness.

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I find as an artist if I'm not expressed relatively consistently, I get really depressed.

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

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I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies.

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I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

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Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it.

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Alpha men are very turned on by the alpha woman, really high chemistry, really fun to work with, probably really fun to have affairs with, but there's not sustainable harmony in that lack of complement. There can only be one person in the driver's seat.

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