Quotes By Tori Amos

I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer.

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

Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30.

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.

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

I have never smoked and have always drunk a lot of water, but cleanse, tone and moisturise every day? No way!

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

I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano.

I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger.

Life is fleeting. It is to be enjoyed.

I get tired of wearing the same thing all the time too.

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?

I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter.

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

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.

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse.

There are enough scary rock & roll mothers in the world.

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

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

I want to be an integrated woman.