420 Quotes by Alanis Morissette

I believe we've been given free will, and we can take responsibility for our own lives and for creating our own environments - which I think at times can be a little much for people to deal with.

It's not hard to feel afraid and insecure. I still fight an inner-critic voice, definitely. I hear it a lot.

It's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to be a poster child for anything, anger's a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap, but it can make great changes happen.

I know that I'm deeply, spiritually, profoundly philosophical and I also know that I'm about the flakiest person you're gonna meet.

Writing a song doesn't heal things. Even if the song comes up with a solution, it's still only a theory. Going out and living my lyrics is a whole other deal. That takes courage.

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

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

What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?

I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that one might have, about being human. So I'm going to just keep going.