I’m very at home working with mythology.
TORI AMOSThe romantic myth of the artist says that you are the Source. I have no illusion about that. Native Americans don’t believe they are the Source. They have access to the Source. Endless access. But don’t get confused.
More Tori Amos Quotes
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Nothing’s gonna stop me from floating
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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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To me happiness, true happiness is when you can really dance with sad.
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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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A lot of the carols were not as you hear them now.
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Things go wrong all the time; you can’t be precious about it.
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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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I used to get really pissed off that my life was so dictated by when this Jesus guy was born and when he was dying every year. I felt really resentful that I couldn’t get on with my own life because I was so busy with his.
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I’ve got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I’d like even more.
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There are 23 bootlegs now. Robert Plant came home with a bootleg video and said ‘Tori, you’ve made it. You’re nothing until you’ve been bootlegged.’
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I am finding that vulnerability gives me great strength, because you’re not hiding anymore. It’s really about being a pioneer for myself, going into the places where I am not being taught. I have to teach myself.
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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.
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and if there is a way to find you, I will find you. but will you find me if Neil makes me a tree
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I’m a tomato freak, but sometimes you have to get it in ketchup form for people to be able to open to tomatoes.
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