No-strings relationships have helped cure me of love addiction. All my life I've been in long-term monogamous relationships. I had to break that pattern by not allowing myself to have a relationship for a year, stopping myself from committing to men. I haven't been celibate. I've had lots of dates and lots of sex, but I haven't been pushing to turn a date into a relationship. This has been a huge thing for me.

Profanity is merely an expression of one's emotions

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't.

I breastfeed and I'll be breastfeeding until my son is finished and he weans.