Alanis Morissette

Musician

1974-06-01

Quotes by Alanis Morissette

• I am what I am Are you what you are or What?

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• When 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.

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• A feeling is not bottomless. once felt all the way through,a great peace greets you there

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• A feeling is not bottomless. once felt all the way through,a great peace greets you there

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• I am what I am Are you what you are or What?

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• When 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.

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• When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.

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• It's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to be a poster child for anything, anger's a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap, but it can make great changes happen.

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• I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched.

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• When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to - in a very patriarchal entertainment industry, let alone planet - very much hell-bent on trying to prove to myself, if nothing else, that I could do it as a woman.

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• Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism.

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• Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher.

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• There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find what I am doing now more refreshing.

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• A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

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• Women are so powerful they're scary, and the incentive to squash this has been going on for so long that some of us actually believe we're subordinate.

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• I've been doing a lot of different cross-training and kickboxing and Capoeira and kite surfing, and I've just really been back to what I consider my original athletic self.

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• Alpha men are very turned on by the alpha woman, really high chemistry, really fun to work with, probably really fun to have affairs with, but there's not sustainable harmony in that lack of complement. There can only be one person in the driver's seat.

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• We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.

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• I 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.

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• When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

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