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In one breath, I can say that we are God, but in another I have to say that we aren't deities.
Alanis Morissette
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Alanis Morissette
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 1
Actor
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Film Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Alanis Nadine Morissette
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It's not hard to feel afraid and insecure. I still fight an inner-critic voice, definitely. I hear it a lot.
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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.
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When I'm really, really angry, if I'm privileged enough to be next to someone who can hold my anger, I'll definitely take them up on holding the bucket.
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When we [people] are operating from the belief that we're not connected, it feels so dangerous and scary and vulnerable and awful.
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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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I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.
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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'm saying what a lot of people would want to say but are too embarrassed.
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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.
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At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual.
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It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me.
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It's exciting for people to define who they are in relation to what I write - whether it be by loving or hating it.
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I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies.
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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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When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.
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When someone has a very urgent response, I think it just means that it's triggering something in them that they may not necessarily want to think or talk about - which I see as a positive thing.
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I never regret anything I do. It's part of who I am now, and I like who I am now.
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If I have taken part in anything perceived as the fame machine, it's been my choice. My motivations certainly have been different from some people's that I've worked with. But it's okay to work equally passionately for two different reasons.
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The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.
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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.
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