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.
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 AMOSI like involved projects.
TORI AMOSand if there is a way to find you, I will find you. but will you find me if Neil makes me a tree
TORI AMOSOver the last few hours I’ve allowed myself to feel defeated, and just like she said if you allow yourself to feel the way you really feel, maybe you won’t be afraid of that feeling anymore.
TORI AMOSMy father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr King in the 60s, and he’s very much for women’s rights.
TORI AMOSMany people lock a part of themselves away. It’s a bit sacred.
TORI AMOSAnything a wife should do, I’m terrible at. Anything a mistress should do, I’ll try.
TORI AMOSWhen interviews are good, the conversation can be amazing. Sometimes I’ve had conversations with journalists that I’ve never had with anybody else.
TORI AMOSI guess my husband is a muse as well.
TORI AMOSThe 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.
TORI AMOSYou don’t have to justify anything. Being pissed off is absolutely ok.
TORI AMOSAt 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me.
TORI AMOSStandin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I’m quite sure I’m in the wrong song.
TORI AMOSI don’t know what a shrink would call me. I don’t want to know.
TORI AMOSI’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.
TORI AMOSThere 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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