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. – Fiona Apple
Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected. – Fiona Apple
Life is all about the friendship and the love and the music. It sounds silly, but it is. I want to have that experience as much as I can as an adult, not as a kid doing something that people are telling her she has to do. If anyone gets in my way, I’m going to get them out of my way. – Fiona Apple
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. – Fiona Apple
Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it’s the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears. – Fiona Apple
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. – Fiona Apple
When I was a kid – 10, 11, 12, 13 – the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody. – Fiona Apple
Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it’s necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them. – Fiona Apple
Five years from now I’m probably going to look back on the things I’m doing and cringe. – Fiona Apple
Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that’s why we’re alive. – Fiona Apple
There aren’t many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it’s cool if you’re the bad girl. – Fiona Apple
You know, I’ve always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning to end. – Fiona Apple
I’m incredibly impressed by people who organize to achieve a goal, and believe that they can make a difference and then go ahead and do just that. I think it’s incredible. – Fiona Apple
I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right. – Fiona Apple
I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren’t going to like me if I didn’t. – Fiona Apple
Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now. – Fiona Apple
You think you’re looking at things all the time, but you’re not looking at things, you’re looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees? – Fiona Apple
Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice. – Fiona Apple
How can you go wrong with two people in love? If a good boy loves a good girl, good. If a good boy loves another good boy, good. And if a good girl loves the goodness in good boys and good girls, then all you have is more goodness, and goodness has nothing to do with sexual orientation. – Fiona Apple