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" I don't see music as working. "
Tori Amos
Working
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" I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger. "
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" I have never smoked and have always drunk a lot of water, but cleanse, tone and moisturise every day? No way! "
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" I know people sometimes have this fantasy about Cornwall. But the Cornish are so grounded. "
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" If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night. "
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" Sometimes it seems like we're closer to our manicurists than we are our own souls. We have to find ways to get in touch with that and to listen to it and to hear it. "
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" Not everybody wants to have the same career. I think what's difficult is when you have two people that do something very, very similar and they both, say, want the limelight. That's very tricky. "
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" If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone. "
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" I don't really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks. "
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" I find that in the 21st century, there's not a lot of compassion for what other people are going through or the walk that they have to walk. "
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" When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself? "
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" There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s. "
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" I'm not very social when I'm off the promo trail, because I step into wife and mother mode. It's very reclusive. "
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