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" I've been known to throw watermelons, backstage, at people who are giving me news I don't want to hear. But I never aim for the head. "
Tori Amos
Want
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Giving
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" I think everyone understands grief, the journey it takes us on, whether it's the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a disappointment. Some people don't deal with it, the power of it. Some do. Some feel the weight of it and it informs their choices. I've had to open up to grief in different contexts. "
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" I like cosy, intimate houses. "
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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. "
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" I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I'm a girl that likes the storms. I love feeling alive, I love walking out in the cold in my bare feet and feeling the ice on my toes. "
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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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" A lot of songs are derivative of each other. "
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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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" I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me. "
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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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Time
Good
" I can see how the young girls really get hurt when their moms are critical, or vice versa when they're overly critical of their moms. It can be so painful. "
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Young
See
" You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse. "
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Out
Age
" The key things are about power and about growing up and realizing as you grow up that there are consequences for the choices you make, especially when you get seduced by power. "
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Choices
Grow
" I don't really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks. "
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Cook
Husband
Cooks
" 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. "
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Someone
Eye
Look
" I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical. "
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Idea
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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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Great
Other
Relationship
" So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar in D.C., it was Mr. Henry's of Georgetown. "
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Father
First
" I don't kid around. "
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Kid
Around
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Sometimes
Most
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