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My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.

Tori Amos

Anyone who doesn’t belive in Faeries, isn’t worth knowing.
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Believe Knowing
Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.
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Food References Wells
I’m a grown woman. I’ve earned my experiences, my scars.
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Grown Women Scar
The romantic myth of the artist says that you are the Source. I have no illusion about that. Native Americans don’t believe they are the Source. They have access to the Source. Endless access. But don’t get confused.
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Art Believe Confused Source
If you sing to the mermaids, they come when you’re drowning.
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Drowning Mermaid
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 a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts – with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist – outside on the church lawn.
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Beer Cob Corn Father
Pretty is never beautiful.
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Beautiful Beauty Pretty
I think having a child can really change you if you’re open to it.
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Change Children Thinking
My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr King in the 60s, and he’s very much for women’s rights.
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Father Kings Rights
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
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
Nothing’s gonna stop me from floating
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Floating Nothing Stop
Womanhood is a whole different thing from girlhood. Girlhood is a gift…Womanhood is a choice.
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Choices Different Growth
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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Different Thinking Two
We all must develop a grounded clarity for ourselves.
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Clarity Country Grounded People

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