My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts – with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist – outside on the church lawn.
TORI AMOSIf you really want a challenge, just deal with yourself.
More Tori Amos Quotes
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Dance with the sufis, celebrate your top ten in the charts of pain.
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There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying ‘What can I learn?.’ That’s a very different approach.
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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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My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr King in the 60s, and he’s very much for women’s rights.
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There’s a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the jazz and classical world.
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When you don’t have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?
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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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You have to really respect your path, or you will lose your mind.
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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’m a grown woman. I’ve earned my experiences, my scars.
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I have a rule that I don’t read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of course it’s right there, so what do you think I do?
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Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie.
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There is value in everybody’s gift. No matter how hard to find or strange it is.
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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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Over the last few hours I’ve allowed myself to feel defeated, and just like she said if you allow yourself to feel the way you really feel, maybe you won’t be afraid of that feeling anymore.
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