Alanis Morissette Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)

“The people that were invested in me staying the same way after a decade will most likely by default have to be disappointed.”

“The whole celebrity thing is not something I'm overly interested in. I don't pop up at parties. It's just not my thing.”

“Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.”

“A lot of preconceived notions that I had about fame and status and money and joy and pain, and all of these things that I thought I knew, I didn't.”

“I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.”

“My favourite pastime used to be sitting on a park bench watching people. But after 'Jagged Little Pill,' the eyeballs turned, and I was the watched one.”

“My parents offered me the idea of ceilinglessness. There was no limit in terms of what was possible; no messages sent to me to say that I couldn't do anything.”

“I'd rather talk to people about their personal spiritual practices or what they believe love is. I'm born to do that. Could I enter into the political realm and dive into that? Sure, but I don't think I would want to do that.”

“I'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.”

“It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted to pull out was because I believe very much that the music industry as a whole is mainly concerned with material success.”