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?
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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Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
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I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.
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I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.
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Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.
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I think that other people covering my work is really exciting… Im really open to that kind of thing because I think interpretation is an art form.
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My ears are huge. If there’s ever a problem with a plane I’m on, they could just put me on the wing and I’ll land the sucker.
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For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it or you don’t. The plotline is something that gets woven together in the backstory.
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If you think a child is going to be your accessory… it’s not like a micro pig. It’s not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night.
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People are the most fascinating mysteries I’ve ever read.
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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 don’t see myself as weird, I just see myself as honest.
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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’ve worked with many powerful men in the music industry.
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If you call me a new-age, airy-fairy, hippie-dippy airhead I will shove my crystals up your ass.
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