I'm a conduit for telling people's stories. It's a privilege. Tori Amos More Quotes by Tori Amos More Quotes From Tori Amos I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the musician is out there in full swing, the mother doesn't get switched off. Tori Amos swingsimportantmother Not everybody wants to have the same career. I think what’s difficult is when you have two people that do something very, very similar and they both, say, want the limelight. That’s very tricky. Tori Amos careerstwothinking My husband doesn't know what my songs are about - even when they're about him. He's very British in that way. He doesn't ask, and he doesn't want to be told. Tori Amos husbandwantsong 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. Tori Amos things-in-lifedreamthinking My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in the morning, she would put on Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and Cole Porter records. I'd crawl up on the piano stool, sit on a phone book and play. Tori Amos kingsmothermorning My brother was a fantastic cheerleader for my development as a musician. He was almost 10 years older than me and would really push me to develop as a songwriter. Tori Amos musicianbrotheryears I used to get really pissed off that my life was so dictated by when this Jesus guy was born and when he was dying every year. I felt really resentful that I couldn't get on with my own life because I was so busy with his. Tori Amos guyyearsjesus A lot of the carols were not as you hear them now. Tori Amos carols A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Tori Amos derivativessong I know that mess spelled backwards is ssem and I felt much better armed with that information. Tori Amos messbackwardsinformation There are things that I refuse to deal with except through my music... because I don't trust humanity that much, and I don't know if I trust me that much. But I trust the songs. Tori Amos trust-mehumanitysong After a while of getting jerked around, you realize what the business is really made up of. Tori Amos realizingmade Anger is natural. It's part of the force. You just have to learn to hang out with it. Tori Amos hanging-outforcenatural 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. Tori Amos i-love-musicmusic-lovetrying There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine. Tori Amos routinelisteningway I don't know what a shrink would call me. I don't want to know. Tori Amos shrinkscall-mewant I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer. Tori Amos careers Men have periods too, they just don't bleed. Tori Amos insultperiodsmen Anyone who doesn't belive in Faeries, isn't worth knowing. Tori Amos faeriebeliveknowing There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying 'What can I learn?.' That's a very different approach. Tori Amos differenttwothinking
