Tori Amos Quotes

Nothing's gonna stop me from floating

There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine.

There is value in everybody's gift. No matter how hard to find or strange it is.

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

What girls do to each other is beyond description. No Chinese torture comes close.

Hair is gray and the firers are burning. So many dreams on the shelf. You say I wanted you to be proud of me. I always wanted that myself.

You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.

I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.

I wanted to marry Lucifer. I feel his presence in my music.

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.

Life is fleeting. It is to be enjoyed.

Healing for me is being able to sit next to the butcher and say 'Yes, I’m sitting next to the butcher now,' instead of saying 'there is no butcher'.

Inspiration quite frequently arrives as a surprise. The key is being open to it.

Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.

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.

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.

There's a side to this industry that nurtures divas who can't write. It's a big business.

These precious things, let them bleed.

I'm a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.

Many people lock a part of themselves away. It's a bit sacred.

When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone.

Confucius does his crossword with a pen.

My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist - outside on the church lawn.

I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance, or the dance company.

I've got enough guilt to start my own religion.

I get painted quite a bit as a tragic figure because of some of the stuff that's happened in my life.

The music industry is a vicious business. It chews women up and spits them out.

I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil.

Our world is a huge mess right now, and not big enough for masses of intolerant people.

You know when people smile too much? It's painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I'm trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.

Every place you land in life has a reason and a lesson.

When we get in a routine we can become zombie-like and shut down.

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

The last thing I want to be known as is 'The Girl Who Got Raped'. The big turn around you make in your head is from victim to survivor.

Where we focus our energy is where we will get the results.

I'm obsessed with crocodiles and getting eaten by one. When I hear that someone's been eaten by a crocodile or shark, I just get all gooey. I start salivating.

A key to keeping your husband is getting him to miss you. That keeps a marriage fresh.

The world that we all knew before, could wake up in feeling safe, ... now it seems that everything has been turned upside down.

Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it.

Robert Plant asked me to marry him, but I said 'no.' I mean, you just don't want to marry someone you've wanted to do it with since you were thirteen, because, well, if he farts, I would, like, die!

To heal the wound, you have to go into the dark night of the soul.

The truth lies in between the 1st and the 40th drink

Don't give up. Don't listen to these foolish critics that are so small minded they don't get it tonight.

Getting people to go above and beyond the call of duty can be achieved but only if you, the artist, are willing to go above and beyond any and all calls of duty yourself.

I'm a tomato freak, but sometimes you have to get it in ketchup form for people to be able to open to tomatoes.

got a little red line that tells you, boy where the razor's been.

When I got older, I chose to look at Christianity as another myth.

In my new life, no room for a lost boy.

Muhammad, my friend, I'm getting very scared. Teach me how to love my brothers who don't know the law, and what about the deal on the flying trapeze?

I think that other people covering my work is really exciting... Im really open to that kind of thing because I think interpretation is an art form.