I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.
TORI AMOSIf I was writing songs just for me I’d only play them in my living room, alone.
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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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You don’t have to justify everything. Being pissed off is just absolutely okay.
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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 can’t create physical life, you find a life force. If that’s in music, that’s in music. I started to find this deep, primitive rhythm, and I started to move to it. And I held hands with sorrow, and I danced with her, and we giggled a bit.
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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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Womanhood is a whole different thing from girlhood. Girlhood is a gift…Womanhood is a choice.
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The word ‘confession,’ to me, means needing to be absolved. I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m not asking people to understand. I’d like to think that I tell stories and sometimes my life weaves through it.
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The music is the magic carpet that other things take naps on.
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I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.
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My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
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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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Press the button, pump the water, build the pressure, push the piston, press the button. It’s the perfect job.
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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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I can’t believe that I would keep, keep you from flying And I would cry a thousand more if that’s what it takes to sail you home.
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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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