Alanis Morissette

And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they’re here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process.

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

I’m doing it because I choose it. And if it’s not working, I can make a change.

I’m a liability to them – I’m a woman, I’m empowered, I’m an artist. I’ve had executives who can’t come to my shows they’re so scared of me. I’ve been a thorn in many people’s sides just by existing.

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 think some fans want everything to stay they same because they want to stay the same.

All happy families are alike, but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion.

Friendship, ‘the wine of life,’ said Boswell, should, like a well-stocked cellar, be thus continually renewed. And Dr. Johnson added to this A man, Sir, should keep his friendships in constant repair.

Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?

Be honest, brutally honest. That is what’s going to maintain relationships.

It’s hard for a man to live with a successful woman – they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women.

It’s fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you.

I love my husband, but my girlfriends are my sanity.

Don’t confuse feelings with facts and don’t ignore facts when they come as feelings.

I probably didn’t handle things as diplomatically as I should.

If you’ve gone into a marriage and you haven’t been clear about how you’re going to handle money, how you want to raise kids, who is going to work or stay home or what have you, then you’ve set yourself up for failure.

Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt.

[On hooking up romantically with co-stars] It’s understandable. You’re in situations with an actress where you’re supposed to be intimate, physical, and vulnerable with each other, and sometimes feelings get crossed. It’s like you’re away at summer camp and it seems to make sense, but when you go back home, the reality is that it may not be a situation you want to be in.

You know, it’s possible for two humans to be in a relationship without there needing to be some public reason for that relationship.

[a metaphor for the end of her marriage] The process of divorce is about loading a blanket, throwing it up, watching it all spin, and worrying what stuff will break when it lands.

True friends stab you in the front.