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.
TORI AMOSThe key things are about power and about growing up and realizing as you grow up that there are consequences for the choices you make, especially when you get seduced by power.
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If you really want a challenge, just deal with yourself.
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I have never smoked and have always drunk a lot of water, but cleanse, tone and moisturise every day? No way!
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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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My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
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When I got older, I chose to look at Christianity as another myth.
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It’s been a thrilling journey – I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity – it’s a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to … ride and don’t let go and you will be fine.
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Look, I’m standing naked before you; Don’t you want more than my sex? I can scream as loud as your last one, But I can’t claim innocence.
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I don’t see myself as weird, I just see myself as honest.
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If you think a child is going to be your accessory… it’s not like a micro pig. It’s not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night.
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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 doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.
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Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.
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My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.
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Over the last few hours I’ve allowed myself to feel defeated, and just like she said if you allow yourself to feel the way you really feel, maybe you won’t be afraid of that feeling anymore.
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To me glamour isn’t about being sparkly.
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