I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day. Fiona Apple More Quotes by Fiona Apple More Quotes From Fiona Apple I'm not turned on, so put away that meat you're selling. Fiona Apple entertainment media art Love is a hell you cannot bear. Fiona Apple bears love-is love Dreams can be deceiving, like faces are to hearts. Fiona Apple dream faces heart You know, the age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because I'm 19? I'm up here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something, or I wouldn't have been nominated for Best New Artist. Sometimes it's like, "You're right. My mother wrote these songs." Fiona Apple mother writing song I was never somebody who grew up going, 'I really want to be a singer in a band,' and I never had any ambition toward anything, really. Fiona Apple band ambition want It's a sad, sad world when a girl will break a boy, just because she can. Fiona Apple girl boys reality I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not. Fiona Apple look-at-me dare looks Through the media, we've establishes this standard of what every human being should look up to: somebody who always looks right; who always has the right light on their face; never has bags under their eyes; never says anything inappropriate. Somebody who always somehow turns out perfect. I hate the fact that celebrities are supposedly a higher class of human being. That's the way I felt growing up, and that's the way I think a lot of people feel. So now that I'm in this position, I want to change things. I want to be like the patron saint of reality. Fiona Apple growing-up hate eye If I have one success in my relationship history, it's with the people who listen to my music. I think that they'll be there with me forever, and I'll be there with them forever. And I'm totally satisfied with that. Fiona Apple forever people thinking Divas are not made, they are born. Fiona Apple born made I also just accept that I might never want to write a song again. Fiona Apple want writing song If women want to be appreciated for what we're saying, we've got to wear turtlenecks and long pants. Fiona Apple women-want appreciated long It's true/ I do imbue my blue unto myself/ I make it bitter. Fiona Apple bitter blue I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal. Fiona Apple development parent want I think that, y'know, they seem to really love music, which means they'll stick with it. I think that Hanson could be really good in a few years, actually! Fiona Apple mean years thinking The truth is it's fun to be up there and know that you're in your underwear. Even though I know I'm exploiting my sexuality in a certain way, it's fun! It boosts my ego. Fiona Apple truth-is ego fun I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars. Fiona Apple salad bars nice I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage. Fiona Apple house morning lying One of my friends said to me, "Oh yeah, of course you aren't writing." So I was like, "The next time you see me, I'm gonna have a new song." I wrote "Criminal" in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me. Fiona Apple next-time writing song In a sense it's a lot crazier when you're on the road and it's a lot less stable, but it's actually really healthy for me because it keeps me from isolating, which I tend to do a lot. Fiona Apple stable healthy
