“After a while of getting jerked around, you realize what the business is really made up of.”
Business
“Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about.”
ChangeAll Quotes by Tori Amos
“If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness.”
Fear“My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights.”
Women“The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.”
Religion“I think having a child can really change you if you're open to it.”
Change“Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.”
Food“You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.”
Learning“Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about.”
Change“I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom's family in the Carolinas. There were chains on the car - it was the late sixties - and we were just singing in the car. Christmas carols.”
Car“My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.”
Music“This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me.”
Music“There's a side to this industry that nurtures divas who can't write. It's a big business.”
Business“I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.”
Music“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.”
Relationship“If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.”
Alone“People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.”
Business“You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse.”
Age“I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more.”
Art“People listen to music the way they want to listen to music.”
Music“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.”
Dreams