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