I’m a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.
TORI AMOSSo close to touching freedom, then I hear the guards call my name
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I guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars.
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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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Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.
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So close to touching freedom, then I hear the guards call my name
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I don’t know what a shrink would call me. I don’t want to know.
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Tell me you’re crazy, maybe then I’ll understand.
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Healing for me is being able to sit next to the butcher and say ‘Yes, I’m sitting next to the butcher now,’ instead of saying ‘there is no butcher’.
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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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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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The 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.
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Some people say, I’d give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn’t. I didn’t enjoy being 30.
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After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That’s when you feel the passage of time is occurring.
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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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Press the button, pump the water, build the pressure, push the piston, press the button. It’s the perfect job.
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There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying ‘What can I learn?.’ That’s a very different approach.
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