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I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do. (Tori Amos)
I get tired of wearing the same thing all the time too. View quote
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Our world is a huge mess right now, and not big enough for masses of intolerant people. View quote
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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. View quote
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When we get in a routine we can become zombie-like and shut down. View quote
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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. View quote
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When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone. View quote
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People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career. View quote
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Romance is important to me, and to have a romance with your husband takes a bit of doing. The key is to make sure your partner misses you. That means you have to take yourself away. View quote
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My parents think I'm better under pressure. View quote
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I was very close to my mother as the youngest of three. She was my playmate. (Tori Amos)
I'm a hard worker. I get my hands dirty. View quote
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I have built my world through Native American mythology. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I've worked with many powerful men in the music industry. View quote
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Being stylish is about enjoying your life and expressing yourself and your inner light. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Tori Amos)
You have to be clear what your message is and what you're doing. I mean, Miley Cyrus is an amazing talent, and sometimes you kind of just want to say, 'We know you're not Hannah Montana anymore. We know that, my dear. My darling. Now, go be great.' View quote
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Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all. View quote
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My favorite saying is, 'If it's too loud, turn it up.' View quote
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There are older men with younger women but you don't see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often. View quote
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