Alanis Morissette admits she never felt comfortable with fame and insists she didn't have any fun at the height of her success.
The 43-year-old Ironic singer reveals she had no idea her 1995 hit album Jagged Little Pill would catapulte her to stardom and says she grew increasingly uncomfortable with life in the spotlight.
Speaking to Event magazine, Morissette said she didn't enjoy any of her success as she had no support network.
''I didn't know what I was signing up for."
''I was already quite an isolated person, and it got worse. I became averse to people even looking at me. I was always a people-watcher, I'd sit for hours observing, and then all of a sudden, every eyeball was on me. I was horrified by it.
''I started landing at airports internationally and there were 30,000 people there. I wound up hiding in my hotel room, but if I walked past the window, even my shadow on the drapes would cause people to scream outside.
''People would break in and leave notes in my underwear when I was doing a show. It felt like an obliteration of my boundaries...
''I had no one, apart from a couple of therapists who I would phone from the road, desperately, at three in the morning.''
Morissette, who has children Ever, five, and Onyx, 22 months, with husband Souleye, said she didn't enjoy her initial introduction to fame.
"It wasn't fun. I just kept looking down. It was one foot in front of the other.''
