“I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.”
Mom
“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.”
RelationshipAll Quotes by Tori Amos
“In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe.”
Love“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 think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.”
Marriage“My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.”
Music“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've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.”
Music“If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.”
Alone“I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object.”
Women“There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.”
Women“There are older men with younger women but you don't see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often.”
Women“The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.”
Women“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“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“I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.”
Alone“People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.”
Business“After a while of getting jerked around, you realize what the business is really made up of.”
Business“You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.”
Learning“If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness.”
Fear“I don't know if the average person really has faith in Washington anymore.”
Faith