Top 167 Quotes by Alanis Morissette

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.

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

I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful.

My three addictions of choice are food, love and work.

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

Infidelity is a deal breaker for me. I've broken up with people over it. You can't do monogamy 90 percent of the time.

I remember thinking during those times that I wanted to write in a way where there are no rules.

The ego is a fascinating monster.