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. 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

#3. Anything that you [as an actor] can change about yourself for a part is helpful.

Michael Pitt

#4. Do not doubt thyself, have faith in thy soul.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#5. If you're always thinking thoughts of lack, not enough, and struggle, you're moving toward the wrong things.

Joel Osteen

#6. 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

#7. 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

#8. 'Fresh Meat' is the first comedy thing I've ever done.

Kimberley Nixon

#9. 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

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

Alanis Morissette

#11. 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

#12. 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

#13. 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

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

Alanis Morissette

#15. It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other; colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony.

Henri Matisse

#16. 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

#17. I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.

T. Boone Pickens

#18. I'm used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes.

Steve Earle

#19. 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