I don’t allow challenges to trip me up.
TORI AMOSThere’s a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the jazz and classical world.
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If you sing to the mermaids, they come when you’re drowning.
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I’m not like a poker player. I’m not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I’m intending to go. My cards are always on the table.
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Pretty is never beautiful.
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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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I think that the nightmares are telling me things about myself that I need to know. And I try to understand what they mean, so I can get to know something more about my soul.
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I’m a conduit for telling people’s stories. It’s a privilege.
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Anyone who doesn’t belive in Faeries, isn’t worth knowing.
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Many people lock a part of themselves away. It’s a bit sacred.
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I think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.
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My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
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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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Where we focus our energy is where we will get the results.
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Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.
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I’ve been looking for a savior in these dirty streets, looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets.
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When interviews are good, the conversation can be amazing. Sometimes I’ve had conversations with journalists that I’ve never had with anybody else.
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