Tori Amos Quotes - Page 6

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

Father Lucifer, you never looked so sane.

There are older men with younger women but you don't see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often.

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

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

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

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

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.

Have a seat, while I take to the sky.

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

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?

There certainly are situations where I feel not empowered or uninspired. Particularly when the person's agenda is to intimidate through abusing their position or their authority. When I am present and in a nonreactive state, then I can become like snake and slide through their "intimidation net" back into the creative plane. When I am in a reactive state, I usually regret responding, because usually all that happens is that the intimidator feels righteously vindicated.

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.

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

In order for my live performance to work, which is about generating a focused energy for about an hour and a half, it is necessary for me to listen and take in someone else's focused energy the day of or the day before the live show. That can transpire through a conversation, or inspiration can occur by looking through any type of visual book which sparks a narrative. That narrative then becomes today's seed and can then take root in music terms, where a sonic tree begins to grow.

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

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

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

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

The rain is sharp today, as you shock me sane.

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

I find that in the 21st century, there's not a lot of compassion for what other people are going through or the walk that they have to walk.

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.

You have to be clear what your message is and what you're doing. I mean, Miley Cyrus is an amazing talent, and sometimes you kind of just want to say, 'We know you're not Hannah Montana anymore. We know that, my dear. My darling. Now, go be great.'

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.