Although Morissette has mellowed in her forties, the Canadian’s songwriting skills are sharper than ever.

“I keep on smiling / Keep on moving / Can’t stand still,” she trills passionately.

“I used to feel like a freak in every room I was in.

Alanis Morissette smiling

Now I don’t feel strange,” she explained.

After all, as she told theIrish Examiner,the process of songwriting is very “self-defining.”

Alanis Morissette smiling

Alanis Morissette smiling