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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.
Alanis Morissette
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Alanis Morissette
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 1
Actor
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Film Producer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
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Stage Actor
Ottawa (Ontario)
Alanis Nadine Morissette
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Looking for approval or blaming others or feeling like a victim. Whenever I feel myself doing that I try to stop and see myself as someone who's a creator in more ways than just what the word typically means.
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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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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.
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There is no better feeling than when you write something you know is a piece of you and that, at some point, is going to communicate with someone else.
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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.
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I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.
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I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.
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I highly recommend getting older! There's less tendency to people-please.
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I sabotage myself for fear of what my bigness could do.
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Breakups are a horrible thing for almost everybody I know. For someone who is a love addict, it's debilitating.
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I felt like I was making a record under the radar, and that is my favorite way to do anything.
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I get angry at myself for staying in relationships way too long.
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My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later.
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I need to be performing. I need to be acting. I need to be designing a condo and ripping down walls and buying new plates and looking at fashion magazines. There always has to be some movement in the artistic department for me to not get really, really low.
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We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.
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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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The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.
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