The word ‘confession,’ to me, means needing to be absolved. I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m not asking people to understand. I’d like to think that I tell stories and sometimes my life weaves through it.
TORI AMOSIf you’re a lame brain, then you’re a lame brain. I can’t help that.
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I think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.
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When I got older, I chose to look at Christianity as another myth.
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There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.
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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 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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Pretty is never beautiful.
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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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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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Is there room in my heart for you to follow your heart?
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There are things that I refuse to deal with except through my music… because I don’t trust humanity that much, and I don’t know if I trust me that much. But I trust the songs.
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The way I see it, the men that I’m with, whoever they are, it’s like look, you have to accept the fact that I like ice cream, and I know it shows up on my hips but if you can’t accept that, then leave. Go away, toodles. It is non-negotiable.
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I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.
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I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.
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I don’t know what a shrink would call me. I don’t want to know.
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If you can’t create physical life, you find a life force. If that’s in music, that’s in music. I started to find this deep, primitive rhythm, and I started to move to it. And I held hands with sorrow, and I danced with her, and we giggled a bit.
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