Fiona Apple has never been one to follow the crowd, and her 1997 acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards is a perfect example of that. When then-19-year-old Apple took the stage at New York ...

Fiona Apple at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in 1997. Photograph courtesy of Getty Images. Fiona Apple recording a message on her 1-800 hotline for PETA’s fight against Butterball and its turkey ...

Recorded in the year after the release of her debut album Tidal, and a few months after her iconic “this world is bullshit” speech while accepting the MTV VMA for Best New Artist in August of 1997, ...