You know when people smile too much? It’s painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I’m trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.
TORI AMOSI’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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I found the secret to life: I’m ok when everything is not ok.
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Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.
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The 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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I guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars.
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As the sun sets, we’ve all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going.
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These precious things, let them bleed.
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An interview will seem very sane to me, and I’ll find out that the journalist was laughing out of the side of his mouth half of the time.
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I think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.
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Pretty is never beautiful.
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Confucius does his crossword with a pen.
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Things go wrong all the time; you can’t be precious about it.
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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.
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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 wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter.
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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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