Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos, August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range.
To me glamour isn't about being sparkly.
I've been raising up my hands drive another nail in just what God needs one more victim
I'm trying not to move, it's just your ghost passing through
There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.
You don't leave people who can't defend themselves.
If you know me so well, tell me which hand that I use.
The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.
I've never felt anything that moves me as much as my piano. I'm an emotional player. I don't really like people. I prefer my piano to people. It's totally reliable and it's alive. I can hear what it's saying.
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.
If you call me a new-age, airy-fairy, hippie-dippy airhead I will shove my crystals up your ass.
Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
I'm a winter girl. I like coming out when things are desolate and everybody's ready to slit their wrists.
Boy, you better pray that I bleed real soon.
And my Saab is so great I'm gonna marry it.
As the sun sets, we've all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going.
My fear is greater than my faith, but I walk the missionary way.
got a little red line that tells you, boy where the razor's been.
My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist - outside on the church lawn.
An angel's face is tricky to wear constantly.
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.