#ld

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#had #i #morning #preference #studio

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

#best #book #breathing #deadline #down

I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#famous #friendships #i #more #opposite

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 #always #being #corners #head

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. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#everything #external #had #i #just

Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did. ↗

— Pat Morita

#away #comedy #could #did #get

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

#felt #i #just #kind #loved

What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#able #about #arrive #breakup #different

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. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#could #doing #else #entertainment #entertainment industry

I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy. ↗

— Pat Morita

#child #enemy #i #public #went