If I respect myself and believe in what Im doing, no one can touch me. – Fiona Apple
I dont know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment. – Fiona Apple
No, Ive never wanted kids. But I do read about parenting a lot. – Fiona Apple
I got all my work done to graduate in two months and then they were like, Im sorry, you have to take drivers ed. I just kind of went, Oh, forget it. – Fiona Apple
You know, Ive always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning to end. – Fiona Apple
You can live your whole life in your brain and not experience whats around you. You go crazy that way. – Fiona Apple
But I honestly dont read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I cant hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism. – Fiona Apple
There arent many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks its cool if youre the bad girl. – Fiona Apple
I got a lot of problems, but Im really good at intuiting what I need to do to be happy with whatever I create. I know when to stop myself, I know when to start, I know when to leave something alone. I guess I just kind of indulge that completely, and so I just take my time. – Fiona Apple
When youre surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when youre by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you dont feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like youre really alone. – Fiona Apple
The age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because Im 19? – Fiona Apple
The quick success was a bit strange to get used to. – Fiona Apple
The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false. – Fiona Apple
Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward. – Fiona Apple
Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice. – Fiona Apple
For me, the best times are always going to be the most intense, the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows. – Fiona Apple
Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now. – Fiona Apple