To me happiness, true happiness is when you can really dance with sad.
TORI AMOSI became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.
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and if there is a way to find you, I will find you. but will you find me if Neil makes me a tree
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A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten trying to sing you a love song. Charming.
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Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that’s what it feels like to me. Whether that’s what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.
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I’m a grown woman. I’ve earned my experiences, my scars.
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Anybody knows, you can conjure anything by the dark of the moon
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Standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I’m quite sure I’m in the wrong song.
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I think that other people covering my work is really exciting… Im really open to that kind of thing because I think interpretation is an art form.
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Somebody will come backstage and go, ‘You saved me.’ And I will have to say, ‘Stop right there. You saved yourself.’
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Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they’re little.
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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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I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.
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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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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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The last thing I want to be known as is ‘The Girl Who Got Raped’. The big turn around you make in your head is from victim to survivor.
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I’ve never felt anything that moves me as much as my piano. I’m an emotional player. I don’t really like people. I prefer my piano to people. It’s totally reliable and it’s alive. I can hear what it’s saying.
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