I’m a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.
TORI AMOSI’m a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.
TORI AMOSIf you call me a new-age, airy-fairy, hippie-dippy airhead I will shove my crystals up your ass.
TORI AMOSI 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.
TORI AMOSYou don’t have to justify everything. Being pissed off is just absolutely okay.
TORI AMOSI gave up trying to please others and started playing for myself, and because I love music, things naturally happened then. Funny how that works.
TORI AMOSThere’s a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the jazz and classical world.
TORI AMOSNothing’s gonna stop me from floating
TORI AMOSIf you sing to the mermaids, they come when you’re drowning.
TORI AMOSI’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.
TORI AMOSMe and Charles Manson like the same ice cream.
TORI AMOSI think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.
TORI AMOSThe violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
TORI AMOSTake a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become zombie-like and shut down. It’s about discipline. You have to push yourself.
TORI AMOSMost people would rather be sheep than stand on their own with antlers on.
TORI AMOSAnyone who doesn’t belive in Faeries, isn’t worth knowing.
TORI AMOSI collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.
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