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Tori Amos Quotes

American - Musician | August 22, 1963 -

There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine.

Listening Routine Open Up Changing

I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance, or the dance company. I would really just love to collaborate on that.

Love Dance Company Something Bucket

My parents think I'm better under pressure.

Parents Think Pressure Better

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.'

Great Talent Amazing Doing You Know

My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in the morning, she would put on Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and Cole Porter records. I'd crawl up on the piano stool, sit on a phone book and play.

Father Mother Morning King Book She

I was very close to my mother as the youngest of three. She was my playmate.

Mother Three She Close Youngest

I'm a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.

Hands Dirty Hard Get Hard Worker

I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

Driven Involved Idea Like Form

A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.

You Sometimes Need Inspiration Take

I have built my world through Native American mythology.

World American Through Mythology

My ears are huge. If there's ever a problem with a plane I'm on, they could just put me on the wing and I'll land the sucker.

Me Problem Land Ears Just Sucker

I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore when I was five. But I left when I was 11.

Music Scholarship Two Piano Playing

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