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I wanna smash the faces of those beautiful boys, those Christian boys.

Tori Amos

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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Art Believe Confused Source
My favorite saying is, ‘If it’s too loud, turn it up.’
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Favorite Loud Turns
You have to really respect your path, or you will lose your mind.
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Loses Mind Path
I’m a winter girl. I like coming out when things are desolate and everybody’s ready to slit their wrists.
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Coming Girl Out Winter
The word ‘confession,’ to me, means needing to be absolved. I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m not asking people to understand. I’d like to think that I tell stories and sometimes my life weaves through it.
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Mean People Thinking
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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Giving Pioneers Taught
I think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.
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Angel Believe Thinking
So close to touching freedom, then I hear the guards call my name
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Explore Names Touching
Things go wrong all the time; you can’t be precious about it.
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Precious Time Wrong
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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Play Real Sex
Standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I’m quite sure I’m in the wrong song.
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Arizona Honesty Song
I like involved projects.
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Country Involved People Projects
There’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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Jazz Complicated Looks World
Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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Empowering Songwriters Storyteller
You know that saying, bad things don’t happen to good people? That’s a lie.
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Healing Lying People
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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Half Laughing Mouths

I wanna smash the faces of those beautiful boys, those Christian boys.

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