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 AMOSMy father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.
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Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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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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I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.
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Confucius does his crossword with a pen.
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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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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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I’ve got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I’d like even more.
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I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter.
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Look, I’m standing naked before you; Don’t you want more than my sex? I can scream as loud as your last one, But I can’t claim innocence.
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Anyone who doesn’t belive in Faeries, isn’t worth knowing.
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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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To me glamour isn’t about being sparkly.
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I 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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I’m very at home working with mythology.
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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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