You know that saying, bad things don’t happen to good people? That’s a lie.
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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My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr King in the 60s, and he’s very much for women’s rights.
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Things go wrong all the time; you can’t be precious about it.
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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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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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Many people lock a part of themselves away. It’s a bit sacred.
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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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Womanhood is a whole different thing from girlhood. Girlhood is a gift…Womanhood is a choice.
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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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You have to really respect your path, or you will lose your mind.
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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 violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
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Take a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become zombie-like and shut down. It’s about discipline. You have to push yourself.
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In real life I’m bone dry and when I play I’m a mango and in sex I’m starving to be a dripping mango
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Pretty is never beautiful.
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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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