Quotes by Tori Amos

About Tori Amos:

Tori Amos is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and composer. She is a classically trained musician and has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. She has received eight Grammy nominations.
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People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.

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Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

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I'm very at home working with mythology.

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Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about.

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I think having a child can really change you if you're open to it.

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I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom's family in the Carolinas. There were chains on the car - it was the late sixties - and we were just singing in the car. Christmas carols.

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I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

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I think everyone understands grief, the journey it takes us on, whether it's the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a disappointment. Some people don't deal with it, the power of it. Some do. Some feel the weight of it and it informs th...

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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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Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it.

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

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Even if everything else is downplayed, I'll wear good shoes.

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There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.

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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 w...

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I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.

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I don't feel I'm as good a mum as my mum was.

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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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When you're in your 20s, there's maybe a little room for you to not be at the top of your artistic game, if you look good on a magazine cover. When you're not on the cover of the magazines anymore, then you realize that the work has to be great.

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If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness.

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I don't know if the average person really has faith in Washington anymore.

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Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again.

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Author Bio

  • NameTori Amos
  • DescriptionAmerican singer
  • BornAugust 22, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Pianist; Composer; Musician