Alanis Morissette

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

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.

Typically I go in the studio and whatever I’m contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don’t come in with lyrics… I just go in and let it happen.

The thing I always default to is that I’ll always be here to write songs.

We’ll love you just the way you are if you’re perfect.

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

Sometimes it’s to your advantage for people to think you’re crazy.

The problem is that a lot of the blues stations are late on Saturday night, and like a lot of people, I ain’t no vampire!

This guitar is such a pal. It’s a psychiatrist. It’s a doggone bartender. It’s a housewife. This guy is everything. Whenever I find that I’ve got a problem, I’ll go pick my guitar up and play. It’s the greatest pal in the whole world.

Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I’m trying to do more. When I’m singing, I don’t want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.

In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, now heaven knows, anything goes.

For most dates I was paid the sum of $1 per hr and they always tipped me at the end of the night.

I let my body play what’s in my heart. I play life instead of notes. I play what I lived.

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’.

Ideologies separate us. Art brings us together.

In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.

Jazz is about being in the moment.

I expect the audience to come up to my level.

Jazz is a music that allows a person to express his deepest, most personal self.

A good bassist determines the direction of any band.

I could see the blues was about survival.