Alanis Morissette Quotes

As long as I'm building and doing what I want to do, that's the only thing that matters.

I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it.

I think I've been happy because I've been able to do what I believe in, and on my own terms.

I don't want to live my life to entertain other people. I have other things that I'd like to do.

I always felt more comfortable doing what I wanted to do. Because at the end of the day, I'll be happy.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

I was kind of raised with the suggestion that I had a duty to do; that life was real, life was earnest. And I hated that, actually. I needed to be liberated, to be told that I could live the life that I wanted to live; that I didn't need a job, or to be shouted at; that I could be myself; that I could be happy.

It's your life, live it your way.

I'm doing what I want to do.

I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.

I live the life I want to lead.

Freedom to me can be so many things; freedom to be myself, to express myself and do the things I want to do, freedom to go in any direction I want to go in order to accomplish my goals.

I do only what I like. If we do something we don't like, we will become someone else.

I do what I like to do.

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

I advise women to live their life to their fullest, invest in who you want to be and live it well.

I've never had anything but the freedom to do what I wanted just as long as it made me happy.

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

I wasn't handed college or graduate school or anything else on a silver platter. I had to work very hard, but I did it because I wanted to. That's the real key to happiness. I think unhappy people are those who feel that circumstances are forcing them into a pattern. Happy people are not slaves to the system.

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

I was just living my life, and that's what I wanted to do.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

Do what you want to do. Do what you like to do.

Everybody has their thing. I think you can always do what you like.