I think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.
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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If you think a child is going to be your accessory… it’s not like a micro pig. It’s not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night.
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Being in your forties – any woman who isn’t there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.
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I think that the nightmares are telling me things about myself that I need to know. And I try to understand what they mean, so I can get to know something more about my soul.
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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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The way I see it, the men that I’m with, whoever they are, it’s like look, you have to accept the fact that I like ice cream, and I know it shows up on my hips but if you can’t accept that, then leave. Go away, toodles. It is non-negotiable.
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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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I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.
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Many people lock a part of themselves away. It’s a bit sacred.
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For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it or you don’t. The plotline is something that gets woven together in the backstory.
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Tell me you’re crazy, maybe then I’ll understand.
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When interviews are good, the conversation can be amazing. Sometimes I’ve had conversations with journalists that I’ve never had with anybody else.
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I want to be an integrated woman.
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You don’t have to justify everything. Being pissed off is just absolutely okay.
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I’ve carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
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I don’t see myself as weird, I just see myself as honest.
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