I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs. Alanis Morissette More Quotes by Alanis Morissette More Quotes From Alanis Morissette I hope that there is a very confused 14 year old girl out there who hears me speak or hears me sing and derives some sort of strength from that I heard that when I was 14 that's exactly what happened. Alanis Morissette confused girl inspiration Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell. Alanis Morissette i-love-music music-love care Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher. Alanis Morissette movie actors people I'll keep evolving and put that into my songs. Alanis Morissette evolve song In the past, I had workaholic issues. Alanis Morissette workaholic issues past I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies. Alanis Morissette writing-music enjoy writing To me the biggest irony of this lifetime that I'm living is that for someone who thrives in the public eye in the creative ways that I do, I actually don't enjoy being in the public eye. Alanis Morissette eye creative way I'm about 90 percent vegan. I think veganism is really well suited for training, at least for me anyway. Alanis Morissette vegan training thinking 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 stories watches people I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power at the cost of well-being. In the case of a child, it's at the cost of someone's natural development. It's already hard enough to develop. Alanis Morissette eye children thinking I'll be writing records until I'm dead, whether people like it or not! Alanis Morissette records writing people My greatest environments in which I can grow, or grow up, is in personal romantic relationships with a man. Alanis Morissette romantic-relationship growing-up men At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck. Alanis Morissette breathing writing book 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. Alanis Morissette eye people thinking 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 saws faces people I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned to the athlete I once was. I'm integrating all the parts of me - jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher - and becoming stronger as a result. Alanis Morissette stronger jocks athlete Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one. Alanis Morissette passionate kind song 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. Alanis Morissette pops party whole When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out. Alanis Morissette intellectual writing song The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs. Alanis Morissette default writing song
