People are the most fascinating mysteries I’ve ever read.
TORI AMOSFor a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it or you don’t. The plotline is something that gets woven together in the backstory.
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When you don’t have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?
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I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.
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If you sing to the mermaids, they come when you’re drowning.
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Is there room in my heart for you to follow your heart?
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I was fascinated to think about a place where men could be the mothers and I thought of my own song-writing and I decided to have a relationship with their daughters.
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The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister’s daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.
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Tell me you’re crazy, maybe then I’ll understand.
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These precious things, let them bleed.
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Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.
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If you really want a challenge, just deal with yourself.
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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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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 have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We’re both Leos, we understand each other.
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To me glamour isn’t about being sparkly.
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When I got older, I chose to look at Christianity as another myth.
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