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Alanis Morissette

Alanis Nadine Morissette (/ˌmɒrɪˈsɛt/; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American alternative rock singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actress. Known for her powerful and emotive mezzo-soprano voice, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with two mildly successful dance-pop albums. Afterwards, she moved to Holmby Hills, Los Angeles and in 1995 released Jagged Little Pill, a more rock-oriented album which sold more than 33 million copies globally and is her most critically acclaimed work. Her follow-up album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998.

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I think some people think I'm a smarty-pants. Some people think I'm intense, some people think I'm super-esoteric and nuts.

Intense, Nuts, People, Think, Thinking

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

Aftermath, Later In Life, Lyrics, Song, Therapy

I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.

Die, Question, Song, Till, Writing, Writing Songs

I hope that there is a very confused 14 year old girl out there who hears me speak or hears me sing and derives some sort of strength from that I heard that when I was 14 that's exactly what happened.

Confused, Girl, Happened, Heard, Inspiration

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you When you think everything's okay and everything's going right And life has a funny way of helping you out when You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up In your face

Blow, Blows, Life, Think, Thinking

I find as an artist if I'm not expressed relatively consistently, I get really depressed.

Artist, Ifs, Consistently, Expressed, Relatively

So forgive me, love, if I cry in your shower. So forgive me, love, for the salt in your bed. So forgive me, love, if I cry all afternoon.

Forgive Me, Forgiving, Bed, Salt, Cry

I'm sorry to myself, for treating me worse than I would anybody else.

I'M Sorry, Low Self Esteem, Sorry, Treating, Worse

Why are you so petrified of silence, here can you handle this? Did you think about your bills, your ex, your deadlines or when you think you're gonna die? Or did you long for the next distraction.

Bills, Fear, Gonna, Long, Silence, Thinking

In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement.

Censorship, Judgement, Perfect, World, Would Be

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

Kid, Kids, Shakespeare, Understood, Wells

. . . and what it all comes down to is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet.

Havens, Down, Figured

Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics. . . I just go in and let it happen.

Contemplating, Let, Song, Typically, Wind

I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children.

Children, Marriage, Old, Opportunity, Years

I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing.

Acting, Dancing, Expression, Piano, Writing

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

America, Europe, Harsh, Littles, Live, Softer

I sabotage myself for fear of what my bigness could do.

Bigness, Fear, Low Self Esteem, Sabotage

I don't believe in bad. I believe in relativity. The only way we can know what we call good is if there's also something we call bad.

Believe, Call, Knows, Relativity, Way

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.

Body, Good, Ideas, Moving, Warrior

I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He's really full-on. I couldn't do it any other way.

Hero, Husband, Son, Uncles, Way

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