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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 used to get really pissed off that my life was so dictated by when this Jesus guy was born and when he was dying every year. I felt really resentful that I couldn’t get on with my own life because I was so busy with his.
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Guy Jesus Years
My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
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Father House Rocks
The music is the magic carpet that other things take naps on.
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Magic Music Naps
I found the secret to life: I’m ok when everything is not ok.
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Everything Found Secret
I gave up trying to please others and started playing for myself, and because I love music, things naturally happened then. Funny how that works.
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Happen Music Love Trying Works
You don’t have to justify everything. Being pissed off is just absolutely okay.
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Justify Off Okay Pissed
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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Ability Church Father
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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Children Night Thinking
So close to touching freedom, then I hear the guards call my name
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Explore Names Touching
To me happiness, true happiness is when you can really dance with sad.
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Dance Happiness Really True
I think that the nightmares are telling me things about myself that I need to know. And I try to understand what they mean, so I can get to know something more about my soul.
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Mean Something Soul 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 think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.
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Angel Believe Thinking
Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they’re little.
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Changing Your Life Littles
If you’re a lame brain, then you’re a lame brain. I can’t help that.
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Brain Helping Lame
I guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars.
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Guitar Piano Trying
Have a seat, while I take to the sky.
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Inspirational Seats Sky
Anybody knows, you can conjure anything by the dark of the moon
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Dark Knows Moon
If I was writing songs just for me I’d only play them in my living room, alone.
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Play Song Writing
Over 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.
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Feelings Last Way
I’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.
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Cards Eye Player Table
I’m a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.
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Dirty Hands Worker
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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Crew Reading Thinking
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
Healing for me is being able to sit next to the butcher and say ‘Yes, I’m sitting next to the butcher now,’ instead of saying ‘there is no butcher’.
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Able Healing Sitting
I’ve carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
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Careers Country People
Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.
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Food References Wells

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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