Music legend Alanis Morissette recently appeared on stage with Taylor Swift during one of the pop queen’s stops on her current tour. Morissette said she was there to show solidarity with other female singers and to let them know that she is there to support them and to help them navigate the treacherous waters that is the music industry.

Alanis Morrissette, 41, is a native of Ottawa, Ontario and began her career when she cut her first demo record at the tender age of 13 back in 1987. As a young teenager she recorded two pop/dance albums in 1991 and 1992. Her breakthrough to stardom, however, came in 1995 with the release of her album, “Jagged Little Pill”. The album went on to sell 33 million copies worldwide and established her as a legitimate and powerful recording star.

Her harsh and haunting lyrics combined with searing and urgent vocals gave her a sound so unique that it was never copied or imitated. She won 16 Juno Awards and 7 Grammy Awards in her illustrious and legendary career. She has produced eight studio albums and such monster hits as “Jagged Little Pill”, “All I Really Want”, “Ironic”, “Hand in My Pocket”, “Head Over Feet” and the Grammy winning Song of the Year in 1996, the explicit and electrifying, “You Outta Know”. Her success was credited with paving the way for such future stars as Pink, Avril Lavigne, and Shakira.

Morissette recently remarked that she had turned to female singers for support during her turbulent 20’s and found that there were really none willing to embrace her and show support and solidarity. She commented after appearing on stage with Taylor Swift: “I’m helping women like Taylor Swift now because there weren’t any who helped me.”, reported the Telegraph of the United Kingdom.

Morissette said she just wanted to show solidarity with today’s crop of young female singers. She wants to establish a close sisterhood that wasn’t there when she was in her performing prime back in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. The two performed Morissette’s “You Outta Know” together before a roaring crowd. The Grammy winning song brings wistful memories from Morissette as she recalled hearing, “You can’t play this” on the radio time and time again. She is so happy, she says, that times have changed where artists can go out and write and sing from their  hearts and their souls.

Swift was in agreement as she commented that Morissette, “inspired a generation of confessional female singer – songwriters who suddenly felt you could say these raw feelings.”