Tori Amos Quotes

I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance, or the dance company.

The romantic myth of the artist says that you are the Source. I have no illusion about that. Native Americans don't believe they are the Source. They have access to the Source. Endless access. But don't get confused.

I was very close to my mother as the youngest of three. She was my playmate.

I'm not not going to stop giving away what I feel about something.

It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes.

Do we soon forget the things we cannot see?

I'm not somebody that gets played a lot at parties and weddings. I mean, you know, you mention my name and you get an eye roll, until, of course, you're jumping off a bridge.

My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr King in the 60s, and he's very much for women's rights.

For many years, I shut down that place inside myself that needed to rage, cry, ask questions and basically just express herself. I made a conscious choice when I put (the song) 'Me and a Gun' on the record not to stay a victim anymore.

Getting people to go above and beyond the call of duty can be achieved but only if you, the artist, are willing to go above and beyond any and all calls of duty yourself.

I'm too wacky for most weirdos. Who am I to judge?

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

When soulmates come and go, you're never alone, even when you're standing just you and your shoes, because you carry them with you.

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

When I got older, I chose to look at Christianity as another myth.

A key to keeping your husband is getting him to miss you. That keeps a marriage fresh.

I think all the boys that write the screaming stuff would write the best love songs... because they have the most to hide. The guys that are in the most pain are usually the ones with the biggest hearts.

The rain is sharp today, as you shock me sane.

It took the love of a good man [to heal]. When I was reverting back into my, let's say, perversions, he would say: 'Let's go get an ice cream. I am not going to enable you. If you can only come as a wanton woman for hire, because you feel dirty and shamed, then no. Women are goddesses.' And I know that and I believe that. I chose a man who believed that, too.

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.

Everybody told me this 'girl on the piano' thing was never going to work.

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.

Romance is important to me, and to have a romance with your husband takes a bit of doing. The key is to make sure your partner misses you. That means you have to take yourself away.

Anger is natural. It's part of the force. You just have to learn to hang out with it.

Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.

He said, first let's just unzip your religion down.

I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can't have the dream without the nightmare.

I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore when I was five. But I left when I was 11.

If 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.

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

Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.

And is it right, butterfly, they like you better framed and dried?

If you're a lame brain, then you're a lame brain. I can't help that.

You know when people smile too much? It's painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I'm trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.

Sometimes you are forced to defend your beliefs. Sometimes you are forced to look at relationships that aren't positive anymore. There are times when I have had to make peace with the fact that I am at war. And sometimes you have to fight those who do not want love to conquer all.

To me glamour isn't about being sparkly.

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.

Muhammad, my friend, I'm getting very scared. Teach me how to love my brothers who don't know the law, and what about the deal on the flying trapeze?

I really respect anybody who stands by their truth.

It's about realizing, painfully, you've kept that voice inside yourself, locked away from even yourself. And you step back and see that your jailer has changed faces. You realize you've become your own jailer.

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

You're only popular with anorexia.

I'm a winter girl. I like coming out when things are desolate and everybody's ready to slit their wrists.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

There is value in everybody's gift. No matter how hard to find or strange it is.

Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.

The truth lies in between the 1st and the 40th drink

I don't see myself as weird, I just see myself as honest.