“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.”
— Alanis Morissette
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Category: anger
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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.”
— Alanis Morissette
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Category: alone
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“I 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
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“At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck.”
— Alanis Morissette
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Category: best
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“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
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Category: age
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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.”
— Alanis Morissette
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“I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.”
— Alanis Morissette
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Category: art
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“I 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
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Category: dreams
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“And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.”
— Alanis Morissette
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“Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.”
— Alanis Morissette
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Category: women
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“Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!”
— Alanis Morissette
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Category: family
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