01c. 1991 ADA feeling is not bottomless. once felt all the way through,a great peace greets you thereAlanis Morissette / quote ↗
02c. 1991 ADWhen pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
04c. 1991 ADA brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
05c. 1991 ADI see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
06c. 1991 ADI did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
07c. 1991 ADIn my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
08c. 1991 ADDown the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
09c. 1991 ADMy son was five months old, and I built a makeshift studio in my living room so that I could do the attachment parenting approach and write the record at the same time. That was fortuitous, that we could build that in the house.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
10c. 1991 ADThere was a period of time during the 'Jagged Little Pill' era where I don't think I laughed for about two years. It was a survival mode, you know. It was an intense, constant, chronic over-stimulation and invasion of energetic and physical literal space.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
11c. 1991 ADI have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
12c. 1991 ADPart of being famous is offering up this blank screen upon which people can project everything, and it's a sacred act, putting yourself out there, in a way that lots of celebrities aren't steeled for; they're not prepared for the degree to which people define them.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
13c. 1991 ADI thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
15c. 1991 ADWhat'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.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
16c. 1991 ADI've just always felt it's an incredibly empowering thing, particularly for young women, to capitalize on their coordination and their strength. It's a very empowering thing to feel strong in your body.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
18c. 1991 ADCanada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
19c. 1991 ADWe're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
20c. 1991 ADAnd if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
21c. 1991 ADGetting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
22c. 1991 ADI think a common misperception about attuning and tending to a child's needs so constantly is that they don't grow in their independence, but I think that the opposite is true.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
23c. 1991 ADThe spirituality that I experience sometimes touches on religion, in that I resonate with the thread of continuity that permeates through all religions. But in terms of it being a concretized, organized part of my life, it's not.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
24c. 1991 ADI still indulge in a glass of wine or chocolate - treats are mandatory. Without deviating from the day-to-day healthy diet once in a while, it wouldn't be sustainable for me, and that's what I wanted: an approach to eating to last my entire life.Alanis Morissette / quote ↗
