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I love songs that are very autobiographical.

Alanis Morissette

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Alanis Morissette
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 1
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Stage Actor
Ottawa (Ontario)
Alanis Nadine Morissette
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Love
Autobiographical

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My brother says that I was writing songs about fate while he was off playing soccer. Now I tell him he's 33 and being a professional while I'm playing soccer with my friends. Ha!
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Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously.
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To me the biggest irony of this lifetime that I'm living is that for someone who thrives in the public eye in the creative ways that I do, I actually don't enjoy being in the public eye.
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I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one's body as an instrument rather than just an ornament.
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What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'
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In the past, I had workaholic issues.
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In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.
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For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.
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Meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting his beautiful wife
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They're different kinds of challenges depending upon what phase of life I'm in.
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I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.
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Your political views really denote your spiritual views.
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Partnership is the way. Dictatorial win-lose is so old-school.
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I was extremely moved by the plight of Tsunami victims and I was inspired to try to make a difference.
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I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer.
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I love the universality of music and how it can viscerally connect people from culture to culture, regardless of anything. It kind of levels everything out and connects us. That universal sound thing is a big deal to me.
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If someone hates or loves something, then right on. I can't rob them of that. I'm not going to try and change their mind. Something's been triggered in them to react so emotionally.
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I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.
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In my life, anyway, anytime that I judge something to be rigidly right or wrong, it comes from fear.
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I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.
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