Standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I’m quite sure I’m in the wrong song.
TORI AMOSMy father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.
More Tori Amos Quotes
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I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.
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I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can’t have the dream without the nightmare.
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There is value in everybody’s gift. No matter how hard to find or strange it is.
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My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
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Get off the cross, we need the wood.
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A lot of the carols were not as you hear them now.
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I think that other people covering my work is really exciting… Im really open to that kind of thing because I think interpretation is an art form.
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I think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.
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I’m a conduit for telling people’s stories. It’s a privilege.
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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’m a winter girl. I like coming out when things are desolate and everybody’s ready to slit their wrists.
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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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It’s been a thrilling journey – I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity – it’s a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to … ride and don’t let go and you will be fine.
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Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they’re little.
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The last thing I want to be known as is ‘The Girl Who Got Raped’. The big turn around you make in your head is from victim to survivor.
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