I’m very at home working with mythology.
TORI AMOSThere is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.
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The romantic myth of the artist says that you are the Source. I have no illusion about that. Native Americans don’t believe they are the Source. They have access to the Source. Endless access. But don’t get confused.
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To me glamour isn’t about being sparkly.
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Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that’s what it feels like to me. Whether that’s what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.
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Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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Get off the cross, we need the wood.
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Some people say, I’d give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn’t. I didn’t enjoy being 30.
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I think there’s a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer.
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At 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me.
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Confucius does his crossword with a pen.
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My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.
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I’m a grown woman. I’ve earned my experiences, my scars.
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My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
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I gave up trying to please others and started playing for myself, and because I love music, things naturally happened then. Funny how that works.
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Have a seat, while I take to the sky.
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I don’t see myself as weird, I just see myself as honest.
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