Tori Amos quotes - page 9

Tori Amos is an American singer-songwriter and pianist, renowned for her emotionally intense music and poetic lyrics. Her work blends elements of alternative rock, classical, and electronica, and she is known for her distinctive voice and piano-driven sound. She has influenced generations of artists and remains a powerful advocate for self-expression and women's rights. Here are 229 of her quotes:

If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night.

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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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Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.

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

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I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive.

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I don't see music as working.

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I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer.

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Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be- it's the cruelest place on Earth. It can really be heartless.

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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.

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It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to ... ride and don't let go and you will be fine.

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I've been known to throw watermelons, backstage, at people who are giving me news I don't want to hear. But I never aim for the head.

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

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

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I'm not very social when I'm off the promo trail, because I step into wife and mother mode. It's very reclusive.

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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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I don't want to give too much ink to foolish men.

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I don't really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks.

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

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Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually.

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The word 'confession,' to me, means needing to be absolved, ... I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm not asking people to understand. I'd like to think that I tell stories and sometimes my life weaves through it.

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When you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people.

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She's been everybody else's girl, maybe one day she'll be her own.

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