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I’ve carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

Tori Amos

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
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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Country Dream People Thinking
Anyone who doesn’t belive in Faeries, isn’t worth knowing.
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Believe Knowing
I guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars.
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Guitar Piano Trying
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
I’m a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.
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Dirty Hands Worker
Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they’re little.
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Changing Your Life Littles
Me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream.
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Ice Cream Insanity Manson
I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.
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Art Books Hearing Things
There are 23 bootlegs now. Robert Plant came home with a bootleg video and said ‘Tori, you’ve made it. You’re nothing until you’ve been bootlegged.’
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Home Plant Video
I’m not like a poker player. I’m not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I’m intending to go. My cards are always on the table.
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Cards Eye Player Table
I don’t allow challenges to trip me up.
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Allow Challenges Trip
Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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Empowering Songwriters Storyteller
I’m a winter girl. I like coming out when things are desolate and everybody’s ready to slit their wrists.
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Coming Girl Out Winter
There is value in everybody’s gift. No matter how hard to find or strange it is.
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Hard Matter Strange
Have a seat, while I take to the sky.
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Inspirational Seats Sky

I’ve carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

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