I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.
Alanis MorissetteRead
Music helps you find the truths you must bring into the rest of your life.
Interpretation
Music can provide insights and truths that guide our lives.
This quote by Alanis Morissette suggests that music serves as a medium through which individuals can explore and discover personal truths. It implies that the emotional and reflective nature of music has the power to influence the way we perceive and navigate our everyday lives, prompting us to integrate these insights into various aspects of our existence.
In practice
During a motivational speech to highlight the role of art in personal growth.
I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.
My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later. When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life.
To me the biggest irony of this lifetime that I'm living is that for someone who thrives in the public eye in the creative ways that I do, I actually don't enjoy being in the public eye.
I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.
My greatest achievement is being able to write records that are real snapshots of what's going on in my life. I won't repeat myself for the sake of commerce, or to please other people.
When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.
Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.
In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.
music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui.
It's the duty of art to ask questions, not to provide answers. And if you want a clearer answer, I'll have to pass.
For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping ideas in mind, and certainly never with a specific agenda.
All I try to do is write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.
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