Fiona Apple Quotes - Page 6

I think I'm better at live shows than I used to be because I'm way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs.

I don't want to be one of those people who claim to hate labels, but it's true. I even feel that we've got it all wrong with the whole gay/straight thing. There is a spectrum. Everybody is completely different. Some people are way over on this side of the spectrum, some are on the other side, and some are crossed in certain ways.

I just don't really listen to music. I'm probably missing out, but I don't want to know what everybody else is doing. Nobody is strong enough to not be influenced. And I don't mean influenced by copying - I'd be influenced because I wouldn't want to do what someone else is doing. I want to be able to do whatever I feel like doing and not worry about anything.

If I had a kid, and I had a choice between teaching somebody how to avoid trouble, or teaching them how to get out of it, I'd teach them how to get out of it.

At my lowest moments, I think of people who come to shows. I still get very sad and sometimes I feel like I have no friends, but when that happens now, I'll think of people whose names or faces I don't know - they're my friends and they love me. I've got them. It really does save me. I still feel awkward, but that's the one thing I can grab onto at my lowest points.

I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me.

We are like a wishing well And a bolt of electricity

I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.

The early cars already are drawing deep breaths past my door. And last night's phrases sick with lack of basis are still writhing on my floor.

I'm not a control freak.

I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.

I think I'm better at live shows than I used to be because I'm way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs. Now, rather than trying to talk or do a costume change, I'll use those moments for myself. I listen to what other people are playing, or just rest, or dance, even though I don't know how to.

I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.

My scars were reflecting the mist in your headlights I looked like a neon zebra, shaking rain off her stripes

Just tolerate my little fist tugging on your forest chest

I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.

In a sense it's a lot crazier when you're on the road and it's a lot less stable, but it's actually really healthy for me because it keeps me from isolating, which I tend to do a lot.

I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something

I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.

I think that, y'know, they seem to really love music, which means they'll stick with it. I think that Hanson could be really good in a few years, actually!

I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while.

If I have one success in my relationship history, it's with the people who listen to my music. I think that they'll be there with me forever, and I'll be there with them forever. And I'm totally satisfied with that.

The quick success was a bit strange to get used to.

No, I've never wanted kids. But I do read about parenting a lot.

My derring-do allows me to dance the rigadoon around you but by the time I'm close to you I lose my desideratum.