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 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.
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I don’t know what a shrink would call me. I don’t want to know.
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I guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars.
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Most people would rather be sheep than stand on their own with antlers on.
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A lot of the carols were not as you hear them now.
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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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Things go wrong all the time; you can’t be precious about it.
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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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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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Anyone who doesn’t belive in Faeries, isn’t worth knowing.
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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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Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie.
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Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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I’m a grown woman. I’ve earned my experiences, my scars.
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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.
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I think having a child can really change you if you’re open to it.
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