Alanis Morissette

I grew up in a very masculine environment. So I was around a lot of men, my brothers and their friends. There was just a lot of guys around.

As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I’ll fit whatever I’m trying to say around a melody.

I’m really clear about what my life mission is now. There’s no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I’ve returned to the athlete I once was. I’m integrating all the parts of me – jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher – and becoming stronger as a result.

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.

In the past, I had workaholic issues.

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Many of the truths that we cling to depend on our point of view.

We mustn’t be stiff and stand-off, you know. We must be thoroughly democratic, and patronize everybody without distinction of class.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.

Youth gets together with their materials to build a bridge to the moon or maybe a palace on earth; then in middle age they decide to build a woodshed with them instead.

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.