Alanis Morissette Quotes, Song Quotes, Writing Quotes

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

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With songwriting I spend a lot of time living life, accruing all these experiences, journaling, and then by the time I get to the studio I'm teeming with the drive to write.

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You live, you learn, you love, you learn, you cry, you learn, you lose, you learn, you bleed, you learn, you scream, you learn

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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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I highly recommend getting older! There's less tendency to people-please.

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I think the Bible is hugely patriarchal. There are so many sexist comments and homophobic comments and comments that are not in keeping with nurturing and loving the human spirit.

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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 doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

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When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out.

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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.

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As an artist, there's a sweet, jump-starting quality to [marijuana] for me. I've often felt telepathic and receptive to inexplicable messages my whole life. I can stave those off when I'm not high. When I'm high - well, they come in and there's less of a veil, so to speak. So if ever I need some clarity, or a quantum leap in my own consciousness, or a quantum leap in terms of writing something or getting an answer, it's a quick way for me to get it.

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

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

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I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

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My greatest environments in which I can grow, or grow up, is in personal romantic relationships with a man.

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Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

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Long hair is a security blanket for me. I cut it short a few years ago and I really never want to do that again. When I do cut it, I cut it myself.

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Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journey.

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Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.

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