Alanis Morissette - The Collection

Posting : 13th March 2006

This was what she wrote on the insides of the album cover :

It took a while for me to come up with which songs would best belong in this collection...

A torturous thing to do... a lot of artists appropriately consider their songs to be their children... I consider them to be rooms in my house, all of which have distinct smells, memories, textures and energies. Some of these songs are more recognizable, while others were never, formally released as singles, but hold a soft spot in my heart. To consider them my favorites wouldn't take into account that my favorites can change as I do (sometimes every hour or week!)

So this is a great overview or snapshot of the last many years, providing some objectivity, and some slate-cleaning inspiration for where I'm about to go as I continue to chronicle the unfolding of my life and my personal observations. It has been a privilege and a gift beyond description this, and I offer them to you to make your own, and take whatever comfort or love or upliftment (or nothing!) they may offer you. I thank spirit for my ability to sing and express whatever emerges in the inner landscape of my humanity. And for this incredible lifetime, which feels like an artistic and humorous road continuing to line up before me.
Yum yum to it all.

big love to you on your journey,
alanis morissette