Tori Amos Quotes

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

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.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

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.

Haze all clouding up in my mind in the daze of the why it could've never been.

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.

I'm not somebody that gets played a lot at parties and weddings. I mean, you know, you mention my name and you get an eye roll, until, of course, you're jumping off a bridge.

I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive.

Sometimes you have to do what you don't like to get to where you want to be.

Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again.

Have a seat, while I take to the sky.

So, you can make me come, that doesn't make you Jesus.

I'm too wacky for most weirdos. Who am I to judge?

I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked.

Though I can't change what happened, I can choose how to react. And I don't want to spend the rest of my life being bitter and locked up.

You don't have to justify everything. Being pissed off is just absolutely okay.

Most people would rather be sheep than stand on their own with antlers on.

You're just an empty cage girl, if you kill the bird.

Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.

Being stylish is about enjoying your life and expressing yourself and your inner light.

Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be- it's the cruelest place on Earth. It can really be heartless.

I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things.

When you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people?

I don't own a computer. I have a nine-foot piano in my home to compose my messages. Why would I want a one-foot computer to do the same thing?

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.

Sometimes those demons are frightening and sometimes they're beautiful.

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.

I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.

I believe in rainbows and all of that. But there are darker colors … and it's the shade that defines the light.

I use innocence in my demeanor like a Venus flytrap.

Get off the cross, we need the wood.

I think that people who can't believe in fairies aren't worth knowing.

If you sing to the mermaids, they come when you're drowning.

Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie.

Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.

To me happiness, true happiness is when you can really dance with sad.

I'm trying not to move, it's just your ghost passing through

A lot of songs are derivative of each other.

If you really want a challenge, just deal with yourself.

To me glamour isn't about being sparkly.

I'm a daughter of a minister and I love chasing the Dark. That which is hidden. I like licking it like ice cream

The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.

Nothing's gonna stop me from floating