A lot of the carols were not as you hear them now.
TORI AMOSThe most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is, ‘Sometimes I just breathe you in.’
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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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Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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I found the secret to life: I’m ok when everything is not ok.
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To me happiness, true happiness is when you can really dance with sad.
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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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I’m a grown woman. I’ve earned my experiences, my scars.
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Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.
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Womanhood is a whole different thing from girlhood. Girlhood is a gift…Womanhood is a choice.
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Dance with the sufis, celebrate your top ten in the charts of pain.
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There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine.
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You have to really respect your path, or you will lose your mind.
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I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.
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If you’re a lame brain, then you’re a lame brain. I can’t help that.
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I am finding that vulnerability gives me great strength, because you’re not hiding anymore. It’s really about being a pioneer for myself, going into the places where I am not being taught. I have to teach myself.
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Anybody knows, you can conjure anything by the dark of the moon
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