Some people say, I’d give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn’t. I didn’t enjoy being 30.
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.
More Tori Amos Quotes
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We all must develop a grounded clarity for ourselves.
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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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Press the button, pump the water, build the pressure, push the piston, press the button. It’s the perfect job.
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I think that the nightmares are telling me things about myself that I need to know. And I try to understand what they mean, so I can get to know something more about my soul.
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Where we focus our energy is where we will get the results.
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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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When I got older, I chose to look at Christianity as another myth.
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I wanna smash the faces of those beautiful boys, those Christian boys.
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Anybody knows, you can conjure anything by the dark of the moon
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I used to get really pissed off that my life was so dictated by when this Jesus guy was born and when he was dying every year. I felt really resentful that I couldn’t get on with my own life because I was so busy with his.
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I’m very at home working with mythology.
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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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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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People are the most fascinating mysteries I’ve ever read.
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If you call me a new-age, airy-fairy, hippie-dippy airhead I will shove my crystals up your ass.
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