For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it or you don’t. The plotline is something that gets woven together in the backstory.
TORI AMOSSometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie.
More Tori Amos Quotes
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I don’t really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks.
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Being in your forties – any woman who isn’t there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.
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There are things that I refuse to deal with except through my music… because I don’t trust humanity that much, and I don’t know if I trust me that much. But I trust the songs.
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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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I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We’re both Leos, we understand each other.
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There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying ‘What can I learn?.’ That’s a very different approach.
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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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Get off the cross, we need the wood.
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We all must develop a grounded clarity for ourselves.
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There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.
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If you’re a lame brain, then you’re a lame brain. I can’t help that.
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I found the secret to life: I’m ok when everything is not ok.
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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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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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Tori’s my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.
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