Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or tying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.

And I'm here, to remind you / Of the mess you left when you went away / It's not fair, to deny me / Of the cross I bear that you gave to me / You, you, you oughta know

We make up for so much time a little too late.

You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give /You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have /I give you thanks for receiving, it's my privilege / And you owe me nothing in return.

And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I want to do since Day 1.

I like to make pasta with puttanesca sauce and arugula salad.

In LA, where I live, it's all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.

For me, a life without expectation results in a life with inspiration.

I wish people could achieve what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that that's not really what happiness is.

There were websites erected to figure out how to kill Alanis. I just do not need to see this; it's not good for anybody.