Standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I’m quite sure I’m in the wrong song.
TORI AMOSRobert Plant asked me to marry him, but I said ‘no.’ I mean, you just don’t want to marry someone you’ve wanted to do it with since you were thirteen, because, well, if he farts, I would, like, die!
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My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts – with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist – outside on the church lawn.
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Tori’s my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.
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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 found the secret to life: I’m ok when everything is not ok.
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Some people say, I’d give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn’t. I didn’t enjoy being 30.
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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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These precious things, let them bleed.
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I think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.
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I wanna smash the faces of those beautiful boys, those Christian boys.
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Is there room in my heart for you to follow your heart?
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I’m a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.
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I don’t see myself as weird, I just see myself as honest.
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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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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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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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