Alanis Morissette

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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

I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs. ”

But I love to entertain. My vocation is to accrue all these experiences, to write about them, to get them out of my system, to not get sick, and then to share them publicly. ”

I'm excited about there being more of a sisterhood these days. Back in the '90s there was a lot of hate - the women I looked up to as artists were dissing me! It's not so patriarchal these days - there's more love and a lot less hate! ”

Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journey. ”

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. ”

I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children. ”