Alanis Morissette Quotes, Well Known Quotes, Lullaby Quotes

I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics.

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It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me.

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We eat when we're full, and we hoard all the rest. With our hands on remotes, we say, yes, we're the best.

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I'm a leave-the-bathroom-door-open nudist, which is sometimes disconcerting for my friends.

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I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

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In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement. I find the hypocritical aspect disconcerting, to say the least. We can show people being murdered on television, but I'm not able to say "chickenshit" in public. At the same time, I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art.

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I started making music because I could.

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I would never judge someone's intrigue with the spoils of fame, because I went through that.

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

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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.

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Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism.

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I'm lost, but I'm hopeful.

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That I would be loved even when I numb myself. That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed. That I would be loved even when I was fuming. That I would be good even if I was clingy.

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The whole idea of emotions being something we can't escape as humans, but that deep suffering that comes from resisting them, we can move out of that just by not resisting anymore. But it takes a really brave warrior soul to sit there in these emotions that admittedly don't feel good in the body.

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I was born in '74, so I missed out on all the great early '60s and early '70s.

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Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.

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It's exciting for people to define who they are in relation to what I write - whether it be by loving or hating it.

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It's like ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife.

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