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" A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration. "

Tori Amos

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" When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone. "

" It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to... ride and don't let go and you will be fine. "

Tori Amos

Orchestra

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" 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. "

" I've worked with many powerful men in the music industry. "

" People listen to music the way they want to listen to music. "

" My childhood was extreme. "

Tori Amos

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" There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing. "

" Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again. "

" I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano. "

Tori Amos

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" I'm a hard worker. I get my hands dirty. "

" 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. "

Tori Amos

Legal

Aunt

" I don't really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks. "

" Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30. "

" I'm not like a poker player. I'm not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I'm intending to go. My cards are always on the table. "

" My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me. "

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Father

" I was very close to my mother as the youngest of three. She was my playmate. "

" Things go wrong all the time; you can't be precious about it. "

" My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house. "

" Take a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become zombie-like and shut down. It's about discipline. You have to push yourself. "

" There is an energy that you carry when you're nurturing another life where you're protecting first - and once you know that cub is out of the way of the hunter's gun, you can be a little more daring. "

" If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone. "

" You have to be clear what your message is and what you're doing. I mean, Miley Cyrus is an amazing talent, and sometimes you kind of just want to say, 'We know you're not Hannah Montana anymore. We know that, my dear. My darling. Now, go be great.' "

" As the sun sets, we've all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going. "

" You don't leave people who can't defend themselves. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I want to be an integrated woman. "

" When one doesn't want the limelight, but is also creative in developing whatever it is they are, then you can have two equal people that aren't competing against each other. I think when you are in the same field, it's difficult to leave it outside and not compete. Then when the doors are closed; that pervades everything. "

" I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it. "