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Anything a wife should do, I’m terrible at. Anything a mistress should do, I’ll try.

Tori Amos

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That’s when you feel the passage of time is occurring.
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Occur Piano Players Singer
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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Art Believe Confused Source
In real life I’m bone dry and when I play I’m a mango and in sex I’m starving to be a dripping mango
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Play Real Sex
Tell me you’re crazy, maybe then I’ll understand.
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Crazy Friendship Maybe Understood
I really really love Christ, but I’m not a Christian.
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Christ Really Christian Love
Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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Empowering Songwriters Storyteller
The word ‘confession,’ to me, means needing to be absolved. I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m not asking people to understand. I’d like to think that I tell stories and sometimes my life weaves through it.
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Mean People Thinking
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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Happen Music Love Trying Works
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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Away Going Ice Cream Men
Press the button, pump the water, build the pressure, push the piston, press the button. It’s the perfect job.
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Jobs Perfect Work
I guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars.
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Guitar Piano Trying
I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.
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Children Mom Mother
If you can’t create physical life, you find a life force. If that’s in music, that’s in music. I started to find this deep, primitive rhythm, and I started to move to it. And I held hands with sorrow, and I danced with her, and we giggled a bit.
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Hands Moving Sorrow
Have a seat, while I take to the sky.
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Inspirational Seats Sky
Don’t give up. Don’t listen to these foolish critics that are so small minded they don’t get it tonight.
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Foolish Giving Minded Tonight
You don’t have to justify everything. Being pissed off is just absolutely okay.
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Justify Off Okay Pissed

Anything a wife should do, I’m terrible at. Anything a mistress should do, I’ll try.

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