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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When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?

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There is an energy that you carry when you're nurturing another life where you're protecting first - and once you know that cub is out of the way of the hunter's gun, you can be a little more daring.

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Being stylish is about enjoying your life and expressing yourself and your inner light.

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As the sun sets, we've all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going.

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Life is fleeting. It is to be enjoyed.

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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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Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little.

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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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You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.

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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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I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked.

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I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating.

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Things go wrong all the time; you can't be precious about it.

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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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After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring.

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I get tired of wearing the same thing all the time too.

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The key things are about power and about growing up and realizing as you grow up that there are consequences for the choices you make, especially when you get seduced by power.

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The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.

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When I play live, it's a conversation that we're all having with the song, and the audience... their response and relationship with the songs is as valid as my relationship with the songs.

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In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe.

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I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I'm a girl that likes the storms. I love feeling alive, I love walking out in the cold in my bare feet and feeling the ice on my toes.

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Author Bio

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