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.
TORI AMOSAn interview will seem very sane to me, and I’ll find out that the journalist was laughing out of the side of his mouth half of the time.
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I have a rule that I don’t read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of course it’s right there, so what do you think I do?
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We all must develop a grounded clarity for ourselves.
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I think having a child can really change you if you’re open to it.
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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.
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You know that saying, bad things don’t happen to good people? That’s a lie.
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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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If you sing to the mermaids, they come when you’re drowning.
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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 value in everybody’s gift. No matter how hard to find or strange it is.
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There are 23 bootlegs now. Robert Plant came home with a bootleg video and said ‘Tori, you’ve made it. You’re nothing until you’ve been bootlegged.’
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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 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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Most people would rather be sheep than stand on their own with antlers 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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My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.
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