I'll be writing records until I'm dead, whether people like it or not! I can't not write; if I don't, then I get really depressed. I'll keep going, I promise!
Alanis Morissette
My message to anyone whos afra…
My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the passion.' The passion can write a lot of things.
Alanis Morissette
What influenced me was Tori Am…
What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'
Alanis Morissette
To me the biggest irony of thi…
To me the biggest irony of this lifetime that I'm living is that for someone who thrives in the public eye in the creative ways that I do, I actually don't enjoy being in the public eye.
Alanis Morissette
With songwriting I spend a lot…
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.
Alanis Morissette
I didnt have high self-esteem …
I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't.
Alanis Morissette
The people that were invested …
The people that were invested in me staying the same way after a decade will most likely by default have to be disappointed.
Alanis Morissette
I found that the more truthful…
I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.
Alanis Morissette
Knowing that people make my so…
Knowing that people make my songs their own is what keeps me going.
Alanis Morissette
I was so ready to become a mom…
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.
Alanis Morissette