Tori Amos Quotes - Page 3

My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr King in the 60s, and he's very much for women's rights.

And is it right, butterfly, they like you better framed and dried?

You don't know the power that you have with that tear in your hand

The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.

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.

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

Sometimes I hear my voice and it's been here, silent all these years

Womanhood is a whole different thing from girlhood. Girlhood is a gift...Womanhood is a choice.

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

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

The most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is, 'Sometimes I just breathe you in.'

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

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

I know that mess spelled backwards is ssem and I felt much better armed with that information.

I'm really into moderation. Too much of anything will harm you in the end. Too much sugar. Too much pasta. I'm into drugs as a teaching tool, which is why I only take hallucinogenics. I mean, it's not like I've never done cocaine, but, on the whole, if I can't see dancing elephants then I'm not interested.

Get off the cross, we need the wood.

My fear is greater than my faith, but I walk the missionary way.

Let's be honest. You let yourself be pulled in because it felt good to be wanted, needed. But then it went too far, as projected images always do. If it's not a real image, but one that has been projected on to you, then you can keep up the masquerade for only so long before the mask cracks and the paint on the mask peels away.

When they say take from my body, I think I'll take from mine instead. Getting off, getting off while they're all down stairs.

I do believe that we all are, fundamentally, divided creatures. Emotions split from intellect, spirit from flesh and far too often sexuality is disconnected from what we feel, and are, as total human beings. But how, for example, can anyone have an understanding of the virgin if they don't also have an understanding of the prostitute, the saint and sinner in one body?

I've never felt anything that moves me as much as my piano. I'm an emotional player. I don't really like people. I prefer my piano to people. It's totally reliable and it's alive. I can hear what it's saying.

As the sun sets, we've all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going.

When soulmates come and go, you're never alone, even when you're standing just you and your shoes, because you carry them with you.

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.

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.