I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow. Fiona Apple More Quotes by Fiona Apple More Quotes From Fiona Apple I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it. Fiona Apple ifs mistake thinking I'm such an incredibly, stupidly sensitive person that everything that happens to me, I experience it really intensely. I feel everything very deeply. And when you feel things deeply and you think about things a lot and you think about how you feel, you learn a lot about yourself. And when you know yourself, you know life. Fiona Apple sensitive-person how-you-feel thinking Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice. Fiona Apple feel-good choices people I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while, and then the funny side of me is going to come out. Slowly, people are going to realize they're seeing a completely honest evolution of human life. Fiona Apple honest evolution people It pisses me off to think we're conditioned to push away bad feelings and think anything that's uncomfortable is to be avoided. When things are really bad nowadays, I recognize the value in it because it's me filling my quota- it's going to make my joy more intense later. Fiona Apple feelings joy thinking This world is bullshit. And you shouldn't model your life — wait a second — you shouldn't model your life about what you think that we think is cool and what we're wearing and what we're saying and everything. Go with yourself. Go with yourself. Fiona Apple bullshit waiting thinking Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them. Fiona Apple insecure sides littles I would never kill myself, but you can kind of let yourself die. Fiona Apple kind You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun Fiona Apple triggers blame gun When I was a kid--10, 11, 12, 13--the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody. And back then, a thought would go through my head almost constantly: "There's never gonna be a room someplace where there's a group of people sitting around, having fun, hanging out, where one of them goes, 'You know what would be great? We should call Fiona. Yeah, that would be good.' That'll never happen. There's nothing interesting about me." I just felt like I was a sad little boring thing. Fiona Apple fun kids people "The way I feel about music -- any song, any style -- is that there is no right and wrong, only true and false. If the music and lyrics are conceived out of honesty and if the production of the song goes along with its original message, then what has been expressed is art, regardless of what anyone's opinion is of it. So things are a lots impler if you just tell the truth. Fiona Apple honesty song art I can spend a lot of time on the internet as a substitute for TV. This is part of the reason why I'm not a good girlfriend - you can't sit down with me and watch a movie. I hate being strapped down to stay with something. Fiona Apple good-girl girlfriend hate The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false. Fiona Apple true-and-false rock-n-roll way I was screaming into the canyon at the moment of my death; the echo I created outlasted my last breath. Fiona Apple echoes lasts moments If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me. Fiona Apple doing-me belive believe When I watch TV, and TCM isn't on, I just switch channels and look at all the information about everything. The internet is perfect for that, which is why I didn't really want to get a computer in the first place. I thought, "If I have a computer and know about this whole Google thing, I am not going to be able to sit still for a second; I'm going to think about something and then have to look it up." I have never bought myself a computer or a phone, but guys in my life have bought them for me, for whatever reason. So now I have them. Fiona Apple guy perfect thinking I'm incredibly impressed by people who organize to achieve a goal, and believe that they can make a difference and then go ahead and do just that. I think it's incredible. Fiona Apple differences believe thinking When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone. Fiona Apple crowds depression people I'm not a functional person because I don't go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties but I never do that. I'm not really human. Fiona Apple lunch party people I just don't really listen to music. I'm probably missing out, but I don't want to know what everybody else is doing. Nobody is strong enough to not be influenced. And I don't mean influenced by copying - I'd be influenced because I wouldn't want to do what someone else is doing. I want to be able to do whatever I feel like doing and not worry about anything. Fiona Apple strong worry mean
