I think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.
TORI AMOSThe fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister’s daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.
More Tori Amos Quotes
-
-
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 AMOS -
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.
TORI AMOS -
Most people would rather be sheep than stand on their own with antlers on.
TORI AMOS -
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.’
TORI AMOS -
A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten trying to sing you a love song. Charming.
TORI AMOS -
You don’t have to justify everything. Being pissed off is just absolutely okay.
TORI AMOS -
I really really love Christ, but I’m not a Christian.
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 -
A lot of the carols were not as you hear them now.
TORI AMOS -
I have never smoked and have always drunk a lot of water, but cleanse, tone and moisturise every day? No way!
TORI AMOS -
I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.
TORI AMOS -
People are the most fascinating mysteries I’ve ever read.
TORI AMOS -
I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.
TORI AMOS -
There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.
TORI AMOS -
I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can’t have the dream without the nightmare.
TORI AMOS