Alanis Morissette

At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I’m being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

What’s that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I’m able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I’m older. Thank God for growing up.

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

As a teen, I was both anorexic and bulimic.

There is no truer truth obtainable by man than comes of music.

To work is to feel alive.

Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it’s not etched in your system.

Jazz is a spectacularly accurate model of democracy and a look into our redemptive future possibilities.

The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music.

Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision.

I don’t know where Jazz is going. Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens.

They said Bird played bebop, but Bird could still swing. I’ve heard a lot of guys play bebop, but they wasn’t swinging.

I’ll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I’d never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound. A sound I’d never heard before or since. To be honest with you, I didn’t much like it at first.

I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it.

As long as you’ve got your horn in your mouth, you’re developing.

Music is the greatest communication in the world.

I think that what is important is that the music be honest and direct and that it is relevant to today.

The only thing better than singing is more singing.