Our next guest is a seven-time Grammy-award winner,
someone I have known for a very, very long time.
Please welcome my old friend, Alanis Morissette.
[SINGS NOTE]
Hi.
I haven't seen you in ages.
I know.
There have been a few things going on, for you and me.
Yep.
A lot.
So you were one of my first guests on my test show
that I did over 17 years ago that I--
in my house, I interviewed you.
Yeah.
And so-- and here we are, 17 years later,
still hanging around in this business,
which is a good thing.
You had a baby this year.
How many children do you have now?
I have three kids-- a nine-month-old,
an almost four-year-old, and a nine-year-old.
Wow.
That's amazing.
And where-- are you still living in Canada?
We actually-- we were--
I was in LA for 25 years.
And then we moved to just outside of San Francisco.
So we're Northern California people now.
Anywhere near Big Sur was going to be a panacea for me.
Wow.
Yeah.
Well, and I used to live in--
north of San Francisco.
I love it there.
So you opened up a hit show on Broadway.
You were about to start your tour for your 20th anniversary
of "jagged little pill."
Wow.
That's incredible.
And then now you have a new CD coming out in July.
July 31.
A lot going on.
Yeah.
And then, you know, the whole sea change, of course.
And if ever there were a time to notice
how some deep inner work can be applied to difficulties
or challenging times, it's now.
I'm just pulling out all the stops, all the things
I've learned, and worked on, now I can actually
apply them, and do the meditation, or do the inquiry,
or stay present, or let myself cry, or whatever it is.
All this hard work and inquiry that I've been doing for years,
it's paying off now.
So that's good.
Yeah.
And if anyone hasn't done it, now
is the time to start doing it.
Thank you for being on the show today.
I appreciate it.
And I can't wait.
This is the first time on television
you're performing this song.
It's called "Smiling."
Here is Alanis Morissette performing "Smiling."
[MUSIC - ALANIS MORISETTE, "SMILING"]
(SINGING) This is a life of extremes.
Both sides are slippery and enticing.
These are my places off the rails.
And this, my loose recollection of a falling,
I barely remember who I failed.
I was just trying to keep it together.
This is my first wave of my white flag.
This is the sound of me hitting bottom.
This my surrender, if that's what you call it
in the anatomy of my crash.
And I keep on smiling.
Keep on moving.
Can't stand still.
Such pretty forks in the road.
On this continuum I've been bouncing,
life flashing promise before my eyes.
This is my first wave of my white flag.
This is the sound of me hitting bottom.
This my surrender, if I can bare it, in the anatomy of my crash.
And I keep on smiling.
Keep on moving.
Can't stand still.
You look great.
I can't wait to see you.
When we go back in the studio, come see us.
Yeah, I look forward to it.
Love you.