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You know when people smile too much? It’s painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I’m trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.

Tori Amos

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
Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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Empowering Songwriters Storyteller
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
My favorite saying is, ‘If it’s too loud, turn it up.’
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Favorite Loud Turns
I’ve carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
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Careers Country People
Womanhood is a whole different thing from girlhood. Girlhood is a gift…Womanhood is a choice.
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Choices Different Growth
You know that saying, bad things don’t happen to good people? That’s a lie.
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Healing Lying People
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
The music is the magic carpet that other things take naps on.
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Magic Music Naps
and if there is a way to find you, I will find you. but will you find me if Neil makes me a tree
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Make Tree Way
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
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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Country Ears Land People Wings
In real life I’m bone dry and when I play I’m a mango and in sex I’m starving to be a dripping mango
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Play Real Sex
I think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.
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Angel Believe Thinking
Things go wrong all the time; you can’t be precious about it.
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Precious Time Wrong

You know when people smile too much? It’s painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I’m trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.

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You know when people smile too much? It’s painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I’m trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.

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