Quotes by Alanis Morissette

I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can’t.

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.

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.

We’ll love you just the way you are if you’re perfect.

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

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

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

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.

My three addictions of choice are food, love and work.

When someone says that I’m angry it’s actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I’d write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.