The music is the magic carpet that other things take naps on.
TORI AMOSThe most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is, ‘Sometimes I just breathe you in.’
More Tori Amos Quotes
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My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
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A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten trying to sing you a love song. Charming.
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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’m a winter girl. I like coming out when things are desolate and everybody’s ready to slit their wrists.
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I’ve worked with many powerful men in the music industry.
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I’m really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can’t say I felt that way in my late 20s.
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I’m a conduit for telling people’s stories. It’s a privilege.
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Robert 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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I guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars.
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Confucius does his crossword with a pen.
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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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If I was writing songs just for me I’d only play them in my living room, alone.
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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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Where we focus our energy is where we will get the results.
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I have never smoked and have always drunk a lot of water, but cleanse, tone and moisturise every day? No way!
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