Don’t give up. Don’t listen to these foolish critics that are so small minded they don’t get it tonight.
TORI AMOSVulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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After a while of getting jerked around, you realize what the business is really made up of.
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Where we focus our energy is where we will get the results.
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The most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is, ‘Sometimes I just breathe you in.’
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I’m a grown woman. I’ve earned my experiences, my scars.
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If you really want a challenge, just deal with yourself.
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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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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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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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I don’t know what a shrink would call me. I don’t want to know.
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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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My ears are huge. If there’s ever a problem with a plane I’m on, they could just put me on the wing and I’ll land the sucker.
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I have a rule that I don’t read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of course it’s right there, so what do you think I do?
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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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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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The 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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