It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me.

Quote by Alanis Morissette

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We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just...

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY...

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY...

I remember thinking during those times that I wanted to write in a way where...

I remember thinking during those times that I wanted to write in a way where...

I was born in '74, so I missed out on all the great early '60s...

I was born in '74, so I missed out on all the great early '60s...

I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make...

I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make...

I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as...

I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as...

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their...

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their...

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the...

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the...

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into...

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into...

I think some fans want everything to stay they same because they want to stay...

I think some fans want everything to stay they same because they want to stay...

When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to -...

When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to -...

Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money...

Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money...

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then...

As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then...

And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I...

And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I...

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I...

When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I...

At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I...

At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I...

I could write six songs in one day with everything that's going on.

I could write six songs in one day with everything that's going on.