My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.
TORI AMOSSometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie.
More Tori Amos Quotes
-
-
I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.
TORI AMOS -
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?
TORI AMOS -
My ears are huge. If there’s ever a problem with a plane I’m on, they could just put me on the wing and I’ll land the sucker.
TORI AMOS -
There is value in everybody’s gift. No matter how hard to find or strange it is.
TORI AMOS -
The key things are about power and about growing up and realizing as you grow up that there are consequences for the choices you make, especially when you get seduced by power.
TORI AMOS -
I was fascinated to think about a place where men could be the mothers and I thought of my own song-writing and I decided to have a relationship with their daughters.
TORI AMOS -
Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie.
TORI AMOS -
I think that other people covering my work is really exciting… Im really open to that kind of thing because I think interpretation is an art form.
TORI AMOS -
Tori’s my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.
TORI AMOS -
There are older men with younger women but you don’t see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often.
TORI AMOS -
Being in your forties – any woman who isn’t there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.
TORI AMOS -
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.
TORI AMOS -
Get off the cross, we need the wood.
TORI AMOS -
I’ve never felt anything that moves me as much as my piano. I’m an emotional player. I don’t really like people. I prefer my piano to people. It’s totally reliable and it’s alive. I can hear what it’s saying.
TORI AMOS -
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.
TORI AMOS