Alanis Morissette Quotes, Book Quotes, Writing Quotes

I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer.

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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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I firmly believe that the only reason why I'm on this planet, the only reason why I live, breathe, and exist is, that it's my duty to be as honest as possible in my art.

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I think God is everything. Human beings created the punitive, vengeful deity who considers us to be innate sinners.

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I'm about 90 percent vegan. I think veganism is really well suited for training, at least for me anyway.

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I would not have discredited every one of their compliments. It was your approval I wanted, your congratulations.

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I hear you're losing weight again, Mary Jane. Do you ever wonder who you're losing it for?

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I'm sad, but I'm laughing.

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Stay and respond and expand and include and allow and forgive and enjoy and evolve and discern and inquire and accept and admit and divulge and open and reach out and speak up, this is utopia.

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The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

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I'm lost, but I'm hopeful.

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Anytime there's separatism going on. It happens all the time, because the illusion before us is that we are separate. It gives us this sense of egoic identity, which is lovely in its own way.

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When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. 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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When I'm in pain and grief and despair, my throat is clenched and my heart hurts.

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They're different kinds of challenges depending upon what phase of life I'm in.

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To whom do I owe the first apology? No one's been crueler than I've been to me.

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

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I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.

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I think when someone blindly projects and it's showing up in the form of envy or hate - and I actually think they're synonymous - that's when I feel the most afraid and disconnected and vulnerable. Like whenever I don't feel safe in my own hands, in terms of my not being tender or merciful with myself, or when we're treating each other that way.

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I love songs that are very autobiographical.

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