I’ve carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
TORI AMOSI’ve carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
TORI AMOSI think having a child can really change you if you’re open to it.
TORI AMOSThe way I see it, the men that I’m with, whoever they are, it’s like look, you have to accept the fact that I like ice cream, and I know it shows up on my hips but if you can’t accept that, then leave. Go away, toodles. It is non-negotiable.
TORI AMOSI 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.
TORI AMOSI wanna smash the faces of those beautiful boys, those Christian boys.
TORI AMOSI think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.
TORI AMOSI found the secret to life: I’m ok when everything is not ok.
TORI AMOSI really really love Christ, but I’m not a Christian.
TORI AMOSMy favorite saying is, ‘If it’s too loud, turn it up.’
TORI AMOSConfucius does his crossword with a pen.
TORI AMOSYou 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.
TORI AMOSAfter a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That’s when you feel the passage of time is occurring.
TORI AMOSI can’t believe that I would keep, keep you from flying And I would cry a thousand more if that’s what it takes to sail you home.
TORI AMOSThere is value in everybody’s gift. No matter how hard to find or strange it is.
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!
TORI AMOSI don’t know what a shrink would call me. I don’t want to know.
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