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" My favorite saying is, 'If it's too loud, turn it up.' "
Tori Amos
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" I have a rule that I don't read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of course it's right there, so what do you think I do? "
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" Sometimes you have to do what you don't like to get to where you want to be. "
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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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Bicycle
Sleep
" The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding. "
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" 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. "
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Doors
Creative
Two
" I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things. "
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Know
Little Things
Taste
" Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin. "
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Too Much
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You
" 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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Always
Water
Day
" 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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Driven
Idea
Projects
" 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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Television
Night
You
" 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. "
Tori Amos
Find
Compassion
People
" Things go wrong all the time; you can't be precious about it. "
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Time
You
Wrong
" For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it or you don't. The plotline is something that gets woven together in the back-story. "
Tori Amos
Feel
Song
You
" 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. "
Tori Amos
Dive
You
Know
" My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me. "
Tori Amos
Father
Me
He
" People listen to music the way they want to listen to music. "
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Way
Want
Listen
" I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger. "
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Industry
Finding
Something
" The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for. "
Tori Amos
People
Religion
Me
" I don't want to give too much ink to foolish men. "
Tori Amos
Men
Want
Too Much
" I think you need to have people around you whose standard is high and who don't accept anything less. "
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You
High
Need
" There's a side to this industry that nurtures divas who can't write. It's a big business. "
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Side
Industry
Business
" I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano. "
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Two
First
Up
" Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes. "
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Wonderful
People
Wonderful People
" I've worked with many powerful men in the music industry. "
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Music
Men
Powerful
" My childhood was extreme. "
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Childhood
Extreme
" There are enough scary rock & roll mothers in the world. "
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Rock
Enough
World
" Our world is a huge mess right now, and not big enough for masses of intolerant people. "
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Now
Mess
Enough
" 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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Filter
Time
Good
" I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive. "
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Drive
Own
Nobody