Quotes from Alanis Morissette

At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck.

When I'm off the road, my husband and I recharge our batteries. It's a day of deep rest and connection with the spiritual, and that can be anything - going for a walk in nature, being in silence, burning incense.

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 of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.

There's a continuity between what I care about in any form: I care about it in my music, in article-writing, in how I dress, in how I live, in my relationships, in how I navigate paparazzi, how I decorate my home. There's such a continuity between everything that I don't really care what form it shows up in.

I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched.

Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!

I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children.

I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.

I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing.

I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer.

I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power at the cost of well-being. In the case of a child, it's at the cost of someone's natural development. It's already hard enough to develop.

We are taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they are of equal value as happiness excitement and inspiration.

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

You live, you learn You love, you learn You cry, you learn You lose, you learn You bleed, you learn You scream, you learn

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

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

Freedom lies at the heart of my willingness to lose everything

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

the truth of who we are is innate goodness, and the whole journey is really about removing any obstacle or false belief that keeps us from knowing that

Being a sensitive empath is a beautiful thing as an artist, and it fosters a deep burning curiosity about why we do the things we do.

A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.

Soon I'll grow up, and I won't even flinch at your name.

Let's be outspoken, let's be ridiculous, let's solve the world's problems.

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.