This is why Fiona Apple doesn’t have any children

Fiona Apple may have no intention of becoming a mother, but that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t familiarize herself with the ins and outs of proper parenting. She told Interview magazine, “I somehow tend to read a lot about parenting and think a lot about parenting.” Why? Well, in order to have a better relationship with herself. “For some reason [parenting is] very interesting to me,” she explained. “I think because I’m just big on self-parenting.”

Apple also discussed what she thinks she could offer in a parenting role. “I read this thing in a nautical book about how when ropes get frayed you’d use the whipping cords to fix the ends,” she said. “The whole thing of the whipping cords is that, if I did have kids, I could either teach them how to stay out of trouble — or how to get out of trouble, which I think is more important. Because no matter how well prepared you are in life, you’re gonna fall down a hole, and if you can fix the frayed ends of things, then you’re better off.”

That’s the kind of lesson that we could all surely benefit from learning from a parental figure… or, in this case, a celebrity.

Written by: Nicki