Quotes by Tori Amos

When I play live, it’s a conversation that we’re all having with the song, and the audience… their response and relationship with the songs is as valid as my relationship with the songs.

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

People listen to music the way they want to listen to music.

I don’t see music as working.

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me.

Music is always a reflection of what’s going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.

When I was little, my mom tells me, I used to say things like, ‘Mom do you hear the string section? Do you hear the string section?’ And she would look at me and say, ‘No honey, I don’t know what you’re talking about.’

I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.

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