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.
TORI AMOSThe last thing I want to be known as is ‘The Girl Who Got Raped’. The big turn around you make in your head is from victim to survivor.
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Have a seat, while I take to the sky.
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Press the button, pump the water, build the pressure, push the piston, press the button. It’s the perfect job.
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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.
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The 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 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.
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I think having a child can really change you if you’re open to it.
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Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie.
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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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Anything a wife should do, I’m terrible at. Anything a mistress should do, I’ll try.
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Anybody knows, you can conjure anything by the dark of the moon
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So, you can make me come, that doesn’t make you Jesus.
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got a little red line that tells you, boy where the razor’s been.
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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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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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I can’t believe that I would keep, keep you from flying And I would cry a thousand more if that’s what it takes to sail you home.
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