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Somebody will come backstage and go, ‘You saved me.’ And I will have to say, ‘Stop right there. You saved yourself.’

Tori Amos

I want to be an integrated woman.
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Integrated Want Woman
The music is the magic carpet that other things take naps on.
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Magic Music Naps
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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might Song Sound
I wanna smash the faces of those beautiful boys, those Christian boys.
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Beautiful Boys Christian
Tell me you’re crazy, maybe then I’ll understand.
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Crazy Friendship Maybe Understood
got a little red line that tells you, boy where the razor’s been.
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Boys Harm Self Suicide
I think having a child can really change you if you’re open to it.
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Change Children Thinking
The 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.
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Mean People Thinking
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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Feelings Sexy Wake Up
I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can’t have the dream without the nightmare.
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Believe Dream Nightmare
I guess my husband is a muse as well.
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Husband Muse Well
After 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.
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Occur Piano Players Singer
Many people lock a part of themselves away. It’s a bit sacred.
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Locks People Sacred
The romantic myth of the artist says that you are the Source. I have no illusion about that. Native Americans don’t believe they are the Source. They have access to the Source. Endless access. But don’t get confused.
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Art Believe Confused Source
Look, I’m standing naked before you; Don’t you want more than my sex? I can scream as loud as your last one, But I can’t claim innocence.
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Looks Naked Sex
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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Art People Thinking

Somebody will come backstage and go, ‘You saved me.’ And I will have to say, ‘Stop right there. You saved yourself.’

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