TEST:
Supposed Former
Alanis Junkie?!

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"I think you become a true adult when you hit rock bottom."

"There's no way around pain. That's part of the charm of being alive."

"I never regret anything I do. It's part of who I am now, and I like who I am now."

"I've been told a few times that I don't look like my songs. People expect me to have purple hair and a pierced nose and boobs. Then they meet me, and I'm just me."

"I think what winds up happening is that people dip their toes into the pool and it's cold so they just run away, as opposed to diving in and realizing that in five minutes it feels really great."

"I am aware that there are people out there but I don't read the letters. Yeah I'm afraid of them."

"When I was getting my immigration done, under American laws I was considered an 'alien with a special talent.' Er, thanks."

"I started making music because I could."

"Female artists come up to me and say, Yeeeah, we're taking over! and I shake my head and say, No we're not. We're joining."

"Don't ever mistrust those voices in your head."

"Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave."

"The more I know the less tortured I am."

"The main advice I'd give to young musicians is don't be afraid to fuck up."

"I'm saying what a lot of people would want to say but are too embarrassed."

"If people don't allow themselves to be wounded and hurt and angry, they'll never get to the next step."

"I don't want to walk around with heels that are uncomfortable and skirts that are too tight and makeup that's hideous and cleavage sticking out..."

"God loves dirty feet too."

(About the Thank U vid) "Part of what I was communicating was the vulnerability and the empowerment that comes from [being naked]."

"I don't want to burden my soul with anger, not anymore."

"I firmly believe that the only reason why I'm on this planet, the only reason why I live, breathe and exist is, that it's my duty to be as honest as possible in my art."

"What we think we can find outside of ourselves is already here."

"If someone hates or loves something, then right on. I can't rob them of that. I'm not going to try and change their mind.... Something's been triggered in them to react so emotionally. At that point, I don't think it's about me. That which we judge in someone else, we're really judging in ourselves."

"I've seen people [at my shows] tapping into parts of themselves that they perhaps felt self-conscious about. But because I was doing it, they felt the freedom to do it too."

"I have a huge problem with the term voice of a generation."

"I was not born to be worshiped."

"I am not writing songs for the critics. I am writing them for myself."

"We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear, and sadness, and to me they're of equal value as happiness, excitement, and inspiration."

"The one thing I regret the most is not being able to walk down the street anymore and look people in the eye. But I can do it a little more now than I could a couple of years ago when things were a little crazier."

"The more vulnerable I am, the more empowered I feel because it's my belief that there's no emotion that I have to be ashamed of."

(On India) "...The most important thing I've learned in India 'Everything happens as it's supposed to happen, and that's good!"

"Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how [many] units I sell, I don't need to compromise anymore."

"I would much rather have written a song than heard one."

"I wish people could achieve what they think would give them happiness in order for them to realize that that's not the way that happiness can be found."

"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."

"What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are."

"There are certain mistakes that you make when you're 16 because you're ignorant."

"I don't think there's such a thing as a dysfunction free family. My parents, I love them, I'd jump in front of a truck for them, but no matter what family you're in, there are going to be obstacles, and I'd be lying if I said there weren't any."

"People have always said I was an old soul. They said I was always a little more intense and introspective than everyone was used to seeing girls be, so they didn't know where to categorize me. It all boils down to the fact that I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it."

"A long time ago, I decided to take the positive things that my experiences have had to offer and not bother with the rest. I've always believed you can make whatever you choose out of what life throws at you."

"Sometimes people are criticized for being honest and forthright because some people have not come to terms with that part of themselves and have a hard time accepting it in others."

"I don't believe in competition, especially in art."

"It's a lot easier to be angry at someone than it is to tell someone you're sad about something."

"Right now, to be quite honest, I'm not scared of anything."

"Yeah, I am a hippie. I fluctuate between being very 1996 and very, um, 1970."

"Profanity is merely an expression of one's emotions."

"I would rather be regarded as a humanist rather than a feminist."

"So many times I've been just gripping the steering wheel and driving, and just have a piece of paper on my--where my horn is, and just writing sort of looking up and down. I've done that so much! It'll be worth the crash. "

"There was one side of me that was crazy and deviant and another side that was very held back...for the sake of being the good, Catholic girl..."

"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." 

"Back then I was a lot more worried about people's perceptions of me. I wanted approval, so I came across as happy. But really, I was quite insecure and not as prepared to share as much of myself as I am now." 

"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." 

"I think everyone's hungry for the truth."

"Most of my music is at least partely auto-biographical, but no one song is all of me. Each one is just a piece." 

"I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teenager, as I think most teens don't. I used to think I was alone in that. Oh man, I wish I had me to listen to when I was 14." 

"There is no better feeling than when you write something you know is a piece of you and that, at some point, is going to communicate with someone else." 

"A long time ago I decided to take the positive things that my experiences had to offer, and not bother with the rest. I've always beleived you can make whatever you choose out of what life throws at you." 

"I have mixed emotions about getting awards. I have difficulty with the concept of being judged. I don't feel I'm better than any other female artist. I'm just different. Everything we're all doing is valid."