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Don’t give up. Don’t listen to these foolish critics that are so small minded they don’t get it tonight.

Tori Amos

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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Music Play Song
The 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.’
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Important Music Sometimes
Have a seat, while I take to the sky.
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Inspirational Seats Sky
If you sing to the mermaids, they come when you’re drowning.
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Drowning Mermaid
There are older men with younger women but you don’t see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often.
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Able Men Women Younger
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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Giving Pioneers Taught
Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.
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Food References Wells
Standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I’m quite sure I’m in the wrong song.
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Arizona Honesty Song
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
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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Home Plant Video
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
The way I see it, the men that I’m with, whoever they are, it’s like look, you have to accept the fact that I like ice cream, and I know it shows up on my hips but if you can’t accept that, then leave. Go away, toodles. It is non-negotiable.
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Away Going Ice Cream Men
So close to touching freedom, then I hear the guards call my name
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Explore Names Touching
As the sun sets, we’ve all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going.
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Choices Night Sun
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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Coming Girl Out Winter
My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
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Father House Rocks

Don’t give up. Don’t listen to these foolish critics that are so small minded they don’t get it tonight.

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