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" I don't want to give too much ink to foolish men. "
Tori Amos
Men
Want
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" My husband doesn't know what my songs are about - even when they're about him. He's very British in that way. He doesn't ask, and he doesn't want to be told. "
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" I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter. "
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" When you're in your 20s, there's maybe a little room for you to not be at the top of your artistic game, if you look good on a magazine cover. When you're not on the cover of the magazines anymore, then you realize that the work has to be great. "
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Part
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