41 Quotes By Tori Amos


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.
Tori Amos on age

I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.
Tori Amos on alone

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.
Tori Amos on alone

I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more.
Tori Amos on art

After a while of getting jerked around, you realize what the business is really made up of.
Tori Amos on business

People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.
Tori Amos on business

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

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.
Tori Amos on car

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.
Tori Amos on change

I think having a child can really change you if you're open to it.
Tori Amos on change

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

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.
Tori Amos on dreams

I don't know if the average person really has faith in Washington anymore.
Tori Amos on faith

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.
Tori Amos on family

If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness.
Tori Amos on fear

Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.
Tori Amos on food

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

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.
Tori Amos on love

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.
Tori Amos on love

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