Zitat des Tages von Tori Amos:
I guess my husband is a muse as well.
There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine.
I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom's family in the Carolinas. There were chains on the car - it was the late sixties - and we were just singing in the car. Christmas carols.
There is an energy that you carry when you're nurturing another life where you're protecting first - and once you know that cub is out of the way of the hunter's gun, you can be a little more daring.
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.
In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe.
I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.
Right now, half the world is depressed and they need to be entertained.
Even if everything else is downplayed, I'll wear good shoes.
My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights.
Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.
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.
Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.
The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.
I don't kid around.
You don't leave people who can't defend themselves.
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.
Many people lock a part of themselves away. It's a bit sacred.
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 would really just love to collaborate on that.
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.
There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.
My favorite saying is, 'If it's too loud, turn it up.'
I'm not very social when I'm off the promo trail, because I step into wife and mother mode. It's very reclusive.
The pop world has really opened its doors.
You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.
I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things.
Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again.
I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.
This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me.
I get tired of wearing the same thing all the time too.
I don't see music as working.
When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone.
I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano.
I've worked with many powerful men in the music industry.
What girls do to each other is beyond description. No chinese torture comes close.