18 interesting facts about Alanis Morissette

1. Alanis is half Hungarian. She sings in the language on CD "The Prayer Circle".
2. Alanis was mugged in 1994. The mugger took her money but left her with her bag containing most of the Jagged Little Pill songs. She commented had the bag been taken she would not have been able to recover the songs from her memory.
3. Alanis has stated she would like to be married and have a family before she turns 40, and admits she would consider adopting a child.
4. Her song Forgiven from Jagged Little Pill is about her life growing up Catholic.
5. Her twin brother Wade is a yoga instructor.
   
6. She is 12 minutes younger than her twin brother.
7. She was told at a young age that stage appearance was important, so from age 14-18 she was anorexic and bulimic.
8. Alanis Morissette shocked 14,000 fans when she ended her first gig in Peru, at the Monumental Stadium in Lima, by shouting: "Thank you Brazil!"
9. Alanis Morissette is 5'4" (1.63m) in height.
10. She admitted in a 2004 interview on Howard Stern's radio show that the ex-boyfriend she sings about in You Oughta Know is, in fact Dave Coulier.
11. Her name is of Greek origin.
12. Her favorite movie is Forrest Gump.
13. She wrote her first song when she was nine years old.
14. She was named after her father Alan.
15. Alanis Morissette was inducted onto the Canadian Walk of Fame on 5 June 2005 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
16. She shares a birthday with model Heidi Klum and actress Teri Polo.
17. She is a seven time Grammy Award-winner. She is the youngest artist to ever win an "Album of the Year" Grammy at age 21.
18. Alanis Morissette is a nudist.