Alanis Morissette

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Alanis Nadine Morissette (born 1974-06-01) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress.

Contents 1 Jagged Little Pill (1995) 2 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998) 3 Under Rug Swept 4 Feast on Scraps (2002) 5 So-Called Chaos (2004) 6 Non-lyrical quotes 7 About 8 External links

[edit] Jagged Little Pill (1995)

• "Do I stress you out? My sweater is on backwards and inside out and you say 'How appropriate'."

  "All I Really Want"

• "An older version of me,
  Is she perverted like me?
  Would she go down on you in a theatre?"

  "You Oughta Know"

• "...and every time I scratch my nails down someone else's back I hope you feel it"

  "You Oughta Know"

• "My brothers,
  They never went blind for what they did, but I may as well have.
  In the name of the Father, the Skeptic and the Son,
  I had one more stupid question."

  "Forgiven"

• "There's an obvious attraction to the path of least resistance in your life.
  There's an obvious aversion no amount of my insistance could make you try tonight"

  "Wake Up"

[edit] Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)

• "How can you just throw words around like grieve and heal and mourn?"

  "The Couch"

• "To all the unheard wisdom in the school yard: you think you're the right ones; you swear you're the charmed ones I'm sure. But how can you go on with such conviction? Who do you think you are when you question me?"

  "Can't Not"

• "Supposed former infatuation junkie,
  I sink three pointers and you wax poetically."

  "So Pure"

• "You were uncomfortable in your own skin you were thirsty but mostly you were beautiful"
• "If we were our paranoias i'd be joining you"
• "If we were our incomes"
• "If we were our obsessions"
• "If we were our afflictions i'd be joining you"

  "Joining You"

[edit] Under Rug Swept

• "Dear popular boy I know you're used to getting everything so easily/ A stranger to the concept of reciprocity/ People honor boys like you in this society" -from "Narcissus"

• "I want to decide between survival and bliss/ And though I know who I'm not I still don't know who I am/ But I know I won't keep on playing the victim" -from "Precious Illusions"

[edit] Feast on Scraps (2002)

• "Sometimes I feel more bigness than I've shared with you
  Sometimes I wonder why I quell when I'm not required to"

  "Fear of Bliss"

• "You're unsure and you're not ready so that must mean I want you
  You're unavailable and disinterested and to you I look for comfort"

  "Bent for You"

• "I'd speak of artistry you would roll your eyes skyward
  When I'd speak of spirituality you would label it absurd
  When I spoke of possibility you would frown and shake your head
  If I had stayed much longer, I'd have surely imploded"

  "Unprodigal Daughter"

[edit] So-Called Chaos (2004)

• "How to lie to yourself and thereby to everyone else,
  How to keep smiling when you're thinking of killing yourself."

  "Eight Easy Steps"

• "I want to be naked running through the streets,
  I want to invite this so-called chaos that you think I dare not be."

  "So Called Chaos"

• "You've been vilified, used as fodder, you deserve a piece of every record."

  "This Grudge"

• "I feel this, truly proclaimed, will help the curbing of this tendency
  I know this sharing of shame will ensure that I won't forget myself so easily"

  "Spineless"

• "I am the funniest woman that you've ever known.
  I am the dullest woman that you've ever known.
  I'm the most gorgeous woman that you've ever known and you've never met anyone
  Who is as everything as I am sometimes."

  "Everything"

[edit] Non-lyrical quotes

• "When [Jagged Little Pill] came out, I feel like I immediately went into survival mode to keep the 'overwhelm' that comes from being famous at bay. Ten years later, I have the luxury of time and distance to formally honor it."

  Newman, Melinda, Ten Years On, Alanis Unplugs "Little Pill", [[{{{publisher}}}]], [[March 4, 2005]].

• "a feeling is not bottomless. once felt all the way through,a great peace greets you there.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] About

• "There's nothing ironic about being stuck in a traffic jam when you're late for something. [pause] Unless you're a town planner. If you were a town planner... and you were late for a seminar of town planners at which you were giving a talk on how you solved the problem of traffic congestion in your area, and couldn't get to it because you got stuck in a traffic jam, that'd be well ironic! [mimicking a town planner] 'I'm sorry, lads, you'll never guess!'"

  Ed Byrne, Pedantic and Whimsical

[edit] External links