Quotes by Alanis Morissette

“Theres such a thing as paralysis by analysis and I think I reached that point.”

“Well love you just the way you are if youre perfect.”

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

“I cant towel-dry my hair, because itll tangle. So I put a towel on the bed and smack my head on the bed, like, ten times, so all the water will drain out”

“The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.”

“A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.”

“I had just gotten off the road, and I was tired, and I didnt think Id be of any value to him, ... I said no at first, but then as I kind of rejuvenated, I checked back in with him and he still hadnt cast the role of God. And I said Id love to do it and I did.”

“I dont like it when my lips steal the show,”

A feeling is not bottomless. once felt all the way through,a great peace greets you there

When pain brings you down, dont be silly, dont 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?

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

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second.

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

Down the road, Ill probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.

My son was five months old, and I built a makeshift studio in my living room so that I could do the attachment parenting approach and write the record at the same time. That was fortuitous, that we could build that in the house.

There was a period of time during the Jagged Little Pill era where I dont think I laughed for about two years. It was a survival mode, you know. It was an intense, constant, chronic over-stimulation and invasion of energetic and physical literal space.

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesnt matter to me. I think theres a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

Part of being famous is offering up this blank screen upon which people can project everything, and its a sacred act, putting yourself out there, in a way that lots of celebrities arent steeled for; theyre not prepared for the degree to which people define them.