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" I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s. "
Tori Amos
Early
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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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" 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. "
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" There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine. "
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" I guess my husband is a muse as well. "
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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. "
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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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" I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely. "
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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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" My childhood was extreme. "
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" My brother was a fantastic cheerleader for my development as a musician. He was almost 10 years older than me and would really push me to develop as a songwriter. "
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" Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field. "
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" This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me. "
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Me
" I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter. "
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" After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring. "
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" After a while of getting jerked around, you realize what the business is really made up of. "
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" I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore when I was five. But I left when I was 11. "
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" I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other. "
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" 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.' "
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" I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself. "
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" I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the musician is out there in full swing, the mother doesn't get switched off. "
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Today
" The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding. "
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" There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you're trying to be like somebody else, then there is isn't. "
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" I know people sometimes have this fantasy about Cornwall. But the Cornish are so grounded. "
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" My favorite saying is, 'If it's too loud, turn it up.' "
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" You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie. "
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" If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness. "
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" For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun. "
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" I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen. "
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" Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs. "
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