Fiona Apple

"Interviewer: I read a post on the Internet from a young girl who had been victimized by someone and her position was like, "I can talk about this now because Fiona Apple can talk about what happened to her." Do you look at yourself as a role model for women and girls whove had this experience? Fiona: Thats the only reason I ever brought the whole rape thing up. Its a terrible thing, but it happens to so many people. I mean, 80 percent of the people Ive told have said right back to me, "That happened to me too." Its so common, and so ridiculous that its a hard thing to talk about. It angers me so much because something like that happens to you and you carry it around for the rest of your life. No matter how much therapy you go through, no matter how much healing you go through, its part of you. I just feel that its such a tragedy that so many people have to bear the extra burden of having to keep it secret from everyone else. As if its too icky a subject to burden other people with and everyones going to think youre a victim forever. Then youve labeled yourself a victim, and youve been taken advantage of, and youre ruined, and youre soiled, and youre not pure, you know.If Im in a position where people are looking up to me in any way, then its absolutely my responsibility to be open and honest about this, because if Im not, what does that say to people? It doesnt change a person -- well, it does change a person but it doesnt take anything away from you. It can only strengthen you. It has made me so angry in the past. Like I wanted to say it to somebody. I really wanted somebody to connect with, somebody to understand me, somebody to comfort me. But I felt like I couldnt say anything about because it was taboo to talk about."

"Ive been a bad, bad girl. Ive been careless with a delicate man. And its a sad, sad world When a girl will break a boy just because she can.Dont you tell me to deny it. Ive done wrong and I want to suffer for my sins. Ive come to you cause I need guidance to be true, And I just dont know where I can begin."

"It was because of this guy I had gone out with and had been really, really close with. I really loved him. I felt that he was my best friend. But he was a teenaged guy, and they dont think a lot of times. He mistreated me and then he came back. I couldnt even be friends with him for awhile. I cared about him, but it was just a situation where he kept trying to be friends with me, but I knew that he just wanted to be friends with me so he could have the option of making a move on me whenever he wanted to. And because I was so infatuated with him, and even in love with him, I was always available for that. It made me feel weak every time I would fall for that. And I would look forward to him making a move on me, but I knew that it was wrong. I knew that he was playing with me. And after awhile, I didnt even care anymore because I wanted him so much."

"Oh, its evil babe The way you let your grace enrapture me, When well you know Id be insane To ever let that dirty game recapture me.You made me a shadowboxer, baby. I wanna be ready for what you do. I been swinging all around me Cause I dont know when youre gonna make your move."

"When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight And he’ll win the whole thing ‘fore he enters the ring There’s no body to batter when your mind is your might So when you go solo you hold your own hand And remember that depth is the greatest of heights And if you know where you stand then you know where to land And if you fall it won’t matter cuz you’ll know that you’re right."

"My derring-do allows me to Dance the rigadoon around you. But by the time Im close to you, I lose my desideratum and now you."

"One man, he disappoint me; He give me the gouge and he take my glee. Now every other man I see Remind me of the one man who disappoint me."

"Do I wanna do right, of course but do I really wanna feel I’m forced to answer you, hell no. I’ve acquired quite a taste for a well-made mistake, I wanna make a mistake."

"And then I went over to the concession stand to get some tea and I ran into Fiona Apple, and I was like, "Who do you think you are, Fiona Snapple?"

"I opened my eyes While you were kissing me once more than once, And you looked as sincere as a dog. Just as sincere as a dog does, When its the food on your lips with which its in love."

"This world is bullshit. And you shouldnt model your life — wait a second — you shouldnt model your life about what you think that we think is cool and what were wearing and what were saying and everything. Go with yourself. Go with yourself."

"I definitely had an eating disorder. What was really frustrating for me was that everyone thought I was anorexic, and I wasnt. I was really depressed and self-loathing. For me, it wasnt about being thin, it was about getting rid of the bait attached to my body. A lot of it came from the self-loathing that came from being raped at the point of developing my voluptuousness. I just thought that if you had a body and if you had anything on you that would be grabbed, it would be grabbed. So I did purposely get rid of it...I mean, my plan is to gain enough weight that I can really be considered voluptuous, and do my First Taste video. And I am preparing myself for what is going to happen. Because soon they will be saying that Im fat. And it will hurt me."