Alanis Morissette Quotes

I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves.

The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked... that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

At some point, we all reach that moment where it's such a waste of energy to act as if you know things that you really don't. It's really kind of liberating to be okay with that.

It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

I can say I have become far more open about what I believe.

I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing.

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.

I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.

My philosophy is to be me.

I have faced up to what I am.

I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.

A really big thing I've learned - and I think it's so liberating - is when you realize no one knows what they're doing.

Getting to be authentic is so liberating.

If you stop trying to restrict yourself by defining yourself and love in other people's terms, it's the most liberating thing.

All I'm trying to do is be me.

'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination.

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

At which point should we let go and do what we want to do, and when should we submit to rules? Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can.