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Alanis Morissette

1 episodes · 11 quoted claims

Alanis Morissette says she has seen every episode of Three's Company 19 times.

“Every episode I've seen 19 times, and when I first moved to LA.”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 0:27:47

Alanis Morissette says actor John Ritter later approached her at a Starbucks in a movie theater, and they had coffee together.

“And then, uh, years later, I was at Starbucks at a movie theater and he walked right up to me and he goes, Alanis, and I was like, Oh my God.”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 0:27:47

Alanis Morissette says she sent a cassette of her songs to family friend Lindsay Morgan, who then had a track ready for her to sing.

“I was always writing songs, uh, and I sent a tape, a cassette tape, to a friend of a family, our of our family. His name's Lindsay Morgan.”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 0:29:14

Alanis Morissette says she and her team started a record label when she was ten or eleven because nobody was signing children.

“I thought, Well, I still wanna share this music, so we started a record label when I was ten or eleven.”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 0:30:21

Alanis Morissette says she usually writes about 25 songs for an album and picks about twelve.

“I'll usually write about 25 songs for a record and then pick twelve-ish.”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 0:34:32

Alanis Morissette says the wellness movement was well intended but leaves out the so-called shadow parts of a person, which is why she prefers the idea of wholeness.

“no, wellness. I think the wellness movement was well intended, uh, but that leaves out all the other parts”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 0:47:21

Alanis Morissette cites Peter Levine as describing meditation-induced anxiety, which she says can affect people in the middle of trauma.

“Peter Levine calls it, um, something like anxiety, or, uh, meditation induced anxiety.”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 0:50:29

Alanis Morissette says she auditioned many drummers and Taylor Hawkins immediately became a close friend and bandmate.

“and I auditioned tons of people, and he came in and he was just instant soul brother.”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 0:44:22

Alanis Morissette says she became invested in Christmas after her son was born on Christmas morning, which led her to finish a holiday album.

“I never cared about Christmas, and then my son was born Christmas morning, and now I really care.”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 0:54:23

Alanis Morissette says she met Annie Lennox at the Brit Awards and hoped to bond, but Lennox greeted her politely and walked off.

“Oh, this is my moment. We're at the Brit Awards.”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 0:58:40

Alanis Morissette says she ran marathons for charity because she needed that motivation to train.

“I did it for charity, cause there was no way I was gonna be able to train without doing it for charity.”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 1:03:47