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81 quotes by Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple Apple performing at Terminal 5 in New York City, October 2012 Background information Birth name Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart Born (1977-09-13) September 13, 1977 (age 37) Manhattan, New York, U.S. Genres Alternative rock, jazz, pop Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, pianist Instruments Vocals, piano, optigan, celesta Years active 1994–present Labels Epic, Columbia, Clean Slate Website fiona-apple.com Fiona...
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My whole life, people have been saying, Why are you so angry?

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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.

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I walk my dog at dawn because I don't like people to be around.

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I'm not a control freak.

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There were songs I would write about breaking up with somebody before I broke up with them, months and months before I broke up with them.

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You can live your whole life in your brain and not experience what's around you. You go crazy that way.

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I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.

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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.

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I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if... →

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I was never somebody who grew up going, 'I really want to be a singer in a band,' and I never had any ambition toward anything, really.

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Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that's why we're alive.

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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... →

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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... →

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