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.
I think that the nightmares are telling me things about myself that I need to know. And I try to understand what they mean, so I can get to know something more about my soul.
I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.
I don't really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks.
Tori's my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.
I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.
My grandmother really liked virgins. There's nothing wrong with virgins, there's a time and a place for that. I had other things on my mind. . . like Robert Plant.
I've been raising up my hands drive another nail in just what God needs one more victim
There certainly are situations where I feel not empowered or uninspired. Particularly when the person's agenda is to intimidate through abusing their position or their authority. When I am present and in a nonreactive state, then I can become like snake and slide through their "intimidation net" back into the creative plane. When I am in a reactive state, I usually regret responding, because usually all that happens is that the intimidator feels righteously vindicated.
It's not as if the stories merge to a point where you think they are your life, but you do let them in the front door and the back door, and it's okay that sometimes certain characters stay for dinner.
Finding people in your life as sounding boards who can be neutral and clear is worth nurturing.
People can travel great distances on a computer, so why can't we travel that way emotionally?
You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie.
I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.
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.
I can see how the young girls really get hurt when their moms are critical, or vice versa when they're overly critical of their moms. It can be so painful.
People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.
Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.
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.
The music is the magic carpet that other things take naps on.
I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s.