Tori Amos Quotes

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Tori Amos

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 22, 1963

You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie.

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The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.

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Many people lock a part of themselves away. It's a bit sacred.

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For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

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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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A lot of the carols were not as you hear them now.

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So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar in D.C., it was Mr. Henry's of Georgetown.

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I have a rule that I don't read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of course it's right there, so what do you think I do?

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An interview will seem very sane to me, and I'll find out that the journalist was laughing out of the side of his mouth half of the time.

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I get painted quite a bit as a tragic figure because of some of the stuff that's happened in my life.

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Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

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If you are a nurturing mother, and a good one, you can go to play groups, sit on the floor and play all the games, and have tea with the other mothers, but wouldn't you like to think that's not all there is? That you haven't hung up your high heels without knowing how to walk in them?

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I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s.

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Right now, half the world is depressed and they need to be entertained.

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I like involved projects.

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I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

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My childhood was extreme.

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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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I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other.

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I like cosy, intimate houses.

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