And maybe she had certain beliefs that if you love somebody, [you're] gonna like them too. And that isn't necessarily true.
Tori AmosIf you don't think, and you have no wit and you have so many hangups that you can't look beyond your cup of coffee then you're never going to understand what I'm really saying. Because you know what? You're going to shut down and close off before you hear me. If I'm threatening you, you're going to see it the way you need to see it so you can dismiss me.
Tori AmosWhen you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people?
Tori AmosI collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.
Tori Amos