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I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can’t have the dream without the nightmare.

Tori Amos

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
Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that’s what it feels like to me. Whether that’s what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.
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might Song Sound
An interview will seem very sane to me, and I’ll find out that the journalist was laughing out of the side of his mouth half of the time.
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Half Laughing Mouths
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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Coming Euphoria Forty
I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.
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Theme Thinking Variation
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
So, you can make me come, that doesn’t make you Jesus.
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Come Jesus Make Music
My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.
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Ability Church Father
When interviews are good, the conversation can be amazing. Sometimes I’ve had conversations with journalists that I’ve never had with anybody else.
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Conversation Interviews Sometimes
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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Father Kings Rights
I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.
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Long Thinking Together
You don’t have to justify anything. Being pissed off is absolutely ok.
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Justify Pissed Off
Pretty is never beautiful.
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Beautiful Beauty Pretty
Things go wrong all the time; you can’t be precious about it.
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Precious Time Wrong
I’m a conduit for telling people’s stories. It’s a privilege.
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People Privilege Stories
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.
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Emotional Moving Player

I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can’t have the dream without the nightmare.

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