Alanis Morissette Song Quotes

#1. Claude has no claws and he thought I was being ironic. I'm not actually sure if it's ironic or not. That Alanis Morissette song sort of fucked up irony for everyone.

Jenny Lawson

#2. 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

#3. Although, honestly, watching authors fistfight is like watching geese play Jeopardy. There's a lot of honking and squawking but no one ever gets to what they're supposed to be doing.

John Scalzi

#4. If a man dethrones God in his heart, Satan must ascend to His position.

Stephen King

#5. It is born in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching the goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach.

Benjamin E. Mays

#6. You telling me it's only been a couple other people that you've been with
Imma trust you Imma give you the benefit of the doubt and Imma love you
You can even call me daddy, give you someone to look up to

Drake

#7. Most of the songs are, in a roundabout way, actually addressed to myself, there's a certain aspect of the songs that's very confessional, very unadulterated ... It was a very unfettered, spiritual experience.

Alanis Morissette

#8. I remember how beautiful it was to fall asleep on your couch and cry in front of you for the first time.
You were the best platform from which to jump beyond myself.
What was wrong with me?

Alanis Morissette

#9. Cheating death was exhausting.

Melissa Landers

#10. Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics ... I just go in and let it happen.

Alanis Morissette

#11. So when's your date?" I had to work on being less obvious. "Tomorrow." "Good. If you said there wasn't a date I was going to smack you.

Priscilla West

#12. In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

Alanis Morissette

#13. I remember when it was just the three Emcees and then Flash put Mr Ness down.

Kool Moe Dee

#14. I started writting songs when I was really little because there were things I could say through songs that I couldn't verbalize any other way. Writting was something I had to do.

Alanis Morissette

#15. The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.

Alanis Morissette

#16. The only ironic thing about that song is that it's called 'Ironic' and it is written by a woman who doesn't know what irony is. That's quite ironic when you think about it.

(on Alanis Morissette's 'Ironic')

Ed Byrne

#17. I was 9 when I wrote 'Fate Stay with Me.' It was this fictional song about romance gone wrong.

Alanis Morissette

#18. The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.

Anais Nin

#19. When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

Alanis Morissette

#20. Do you have a lover?" Or two.

Nancy Corrigan

#21. Every group, every system has a set of values and morals and when you get outside those, then the alarms ring. I was politically incorrect to 95% of the country; luckily my 5% had the bread to come see me.

Lenny Bruce

#22. I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

Plato

#23. Writing a song doesn't heal things. Even if the song comes up with a solution, it's still only a theory. Going out and living my lyrics is a whole other deal. That takes courage.

Alanis Morissette