If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But Ive also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it. – Alanis Morissette
I still indulge in a glass of wine or chocolate – treats are mandatory. Without deviating from the day-to-day healthy diet once in a while, it wouldnt be sustainable for me, and thats what I wanted: an approach to eating to last my entire life. – Alanis Morissette
Im doing it because I choose it. And if its not working, I can make a change. – Alanis Morissette
I live with some of my best friends from high school, very commune-like, in my house. Its my hippie way of life. – Alanis Morissette
In LA, where I live, its all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women. – Alanis Morissette
Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art cant provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journey. – Alanis Morissette
Were taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me theyre of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration. – Alanis Morissette
Its a joke to think that anyone is one thing. Were all such complex creatures. But if Im going to be a poster child for anything, angers a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap, but it can make great changes happen. – Alanis Morissette
When someone says that Im angry its actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why Id write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman. – Alanis Morissette
What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead OConnor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote Jagged Little Pill. – Alanis Morissette
As a teen, I was both anorexic and bulimic. – Alanis Morissette
I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful. – Alanis Morissette
My greatest environments in which I can grow, or grow up, is in personal romantic relationships with a man. – Alanis Morissette
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. – Alanis Morissette
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. – Alanis Morissette
And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning. – Alanis Morissette
Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher. – Alanis Morissette
In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming. – Alanis Morissette
I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope. – Alanis Morissette
I wish people could acheive what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that thats not really what happiness is. – Alanis Morissette
