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Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.
I was extremely moved by the plight of Tsunami victims and I was inspired to try to make a difference.
I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old.
I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics.
I'm about 90 percent vegan. I think veganism is really well suited for training, at least for me anyway.
You are a worksmith and who cares for his brothers, whos not seduced by illusions or fair weather friends.
We eat when we're full, and we hoard all the rest. With our hands on remotes, we say, yes, we're the best.
My greatest environments in which I can grow, or grow up, is in personal romantic relationships with a man.
When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out.
I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.
It's not hard to feel afraid and insecure. I still fight an inner-critic voice, definitely. I hear it a lot.
I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.
As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody.
Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism.
Breakups are a horrible thing for almost everybody I know. For someone who is a love addict, it's debilitating.
In 1995, I was thrust into the role of reluctant, flag-waving feminist and emotionally-focused artist/advocate.
I am a firm believer that one way to become enlightened is to be so relaxed, as relaxed as you possibly can be.
Some of the most beautiful things that have happened to me in my life have been things that I couldn't explain.
In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.
I live with some of my best friends from high school, very commune-like, in my house. It's my hippie way of life.
I would not have discredited every one of their compliments. It was your approval I wanted, your congratulations.
For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.
It's exciting for people to define who they are in relation to what I write - whether it be by loving or hating it.
I think God is everything. Human beings created the punitive, vengeful deity who considers us to be innate sinners.
What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
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.
At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual.
Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one.
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.
I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art.
There were websites erected to figure out how to kill Alanis. I just do not need to see this; it's not good for anybody.
I think some people think I'm a smarty-pants. Some people think I'm intense, some people think I'm super-esoteric and nuts.
The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.
The people that were invested in me staying the same way after a decade will most likely by default have to be disappointed.
Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.
Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!
I couldn't be touring unless my husband was on the road with me, taking care of our son while I'm onstage and doing interviews.
I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
My yearn for home is broadened Patriotism expanded By callings from beyond So I pack my things Nothing precious All things sacred
All I can promise myself and everyone else is that this record is a snapshot of thisperiod in my life. It will be that by default.
When we [people] are operating from the belief that we're not connected, it feels so dangerous and scary and vulnerable and awful.
I know that I'm deeply, spiritually, profoundly philosophical and I also know that I'm about the flakiest person you're gonna meet.
I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.
Being a sensitive empath is a beautiful thing as an artist, and it fosters a deep burning curiosity about why we do the things we do.
I don't believe in bad. I believe in relativity. The only way we can know what we call good is if there's also something we call bad.
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.
So forgive me, love, if I cry in your shower. So forgive me, love, for the salt in your bed. So forgive me, love, if I cry all afternoon.
I grew up in a very masculine environment. So I was around a lot of men, my brothers and their friends. There was just a lot of guys around.
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.
I wish people could acheive what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that thats not really what happiness is.