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.
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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I don’t really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks.
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I’m very at home working with mythology.
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Look, I’m standing naked before you; Don’t you want more than my sex? I can scream as loud as your last one, But I can’t claim innocence.
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My favorite saying is, ‘If it’s too loud, turn it up.’
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When you don’t have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?
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There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.
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Anything a wife should do, I’m terrible at. Anything a mistress should do, I’ll try.
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You have to really respect your path, or you will lose your mind.
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I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can’t have the dream without the nightmare.
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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 really really love Christ, but I’m not a Christian.
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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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You know when people smile too much? It’s painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I’m trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.
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The music is the magic carpet that other things take naps on.
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There are things that I refuse to deal with except through my music… because I don’t trust humanity that much, and I don’t know if I trust me that much. But I trust the songs.
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