“When I was little, my mom tells me, I used to say things like, 'Mom do you hear the string section? Do you hear the string section?' And she would look at me and say, 'No honey, I don't know what you're talking about.'”
Mom
“The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.”
WomenAll Quotes by Tori Amos
“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“My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights.”
Women“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 have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.”
Alone“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“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“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“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.”
Courage“I think having a child can really change you if you're open to it.”
Change“I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.”
Music“People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.”
Business“Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.”
Music“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“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.”
Love“My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.”
Music“After a while of getting jerked around, you realize what the business is really made up of.”
Business“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