Alanis Morissette Quotes

I'm very expressive. Expressing my emotions and experiences through music has always been an important outlet for me. Many of my songs are influenced by personal events and experiences that I have gone through.

Music is about expressing things you can't in everyday life.

Everyone writes in whatever way feels comfortable to them. People write songs because maybe they don't feel so comfortable talking about whatever matters.

I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.

The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings.

I'd say, at the end of the day, you know, from a songwriting practice standpoint, you write songs to make yourself feel something true and validating, and cathartic, maybe, and then whoever responds to it is, like, out of your control.

Writing songs used to be my hobby; it used to be my getaway.

I've been writing a lot of songs about my personal life and identity. That can be a real healing process.

I loved musicals because I felt like breaking out in song makes so much sense to me because it's the stakes of how you feel inside!

Music has always been a part of my life. It's my way of expression.

Music is just where I sort of write my emotions down.

I live vicariously through my songs.

I express myself better when I'm singing, so I always want to hold on to the music side.

I write songs, and there is a definite need to express myself through my music.

I made songs really for myself - I didn't ever expect to put it out there and make this a record for mass consumption, this was really just a way for me to get out of my own situation and reclaim that part of myself - so when making the songs, I wanted a testament to what I'd gone through, I wanted a snapshot of those moments.

I always try to write a song to work things out with myself and I want to do it with a little punchline at the end, because I never want to remember anything bad in my life.

Sometimes I was in a mood to write a song as if I was writing in my journal and reveal certain parts of me that I was ready to reveal.

We don't have a particular plan. We just do what we do. This is the only way we know how to do it. We make the music that moves us. We use it as therapy. The songs are cathartic. They're ways of dealing with life experiences and the world around you. It's meant to be as a release for us as it is for other people.

I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.

I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion.

I love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.

I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.

If I'm not crying while writing a song, I'm not doing it right.