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Alanis Morissette

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Alanis Morissette (born 1974) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress whose album *Jagged Little Pill* became one of the bestselling debuts in music history. Known for her emotionally raw lyrics and powerful vocal style, Morissette has been a candid voice on themes of love, self-discovery, and personal empowerment.

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“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.”

— Alanis Morissette

Happiness

All Quotes by Alanis Morissette

“If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But I've also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it.”

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Experience

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

— Alanis Morissette

Food

“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.”

— Alanis Morissette

Courage

“I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.”

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Famous

“I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.”

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Art

“I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make a change.”

— Alanis Morissette

Change

“In LA, where I live, it's all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.”

— Alanis Morissette

Beauty

“A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.”

— Alanis Morissette

Good

“I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.”

— Alanis Morissette

Age

“Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.”

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Humor

“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.”

— Alanis Morissette

Music

“I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.”

— Alanis Morissette

Mom

“Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!”

— Alanis Morissette

Family

“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.”

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Success

“America's a very traumatized society.”

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Society

“I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.”

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Hope

“Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.”

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Music

“I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched.”

— Alanis Morissette

Alone

“I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies.”

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Movies

“I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children.”

— Alanis Morissette

Marriage