Healing for me is being able to sit next to the butcher and say ‘Yes, I’m sitting next to the butcher now,’ instead of saying ‘there is no butcher’.
TORI AMOSMusically, 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 found the secret to life: I’m ok when everything is not ok.
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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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Is there room in my heart for you to follow your heart?
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My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
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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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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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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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We all must develop a grounded clarity for ourselves.
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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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Pretty is never beautiful.
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The music is the magic carpet that other things take naps on.
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I don’t see myself as weird, I just see myself as honest.
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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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I think having a child can really change you if you’re open to it.
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Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they’re little.
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