Tori Amos Quotes

Our world is a huge mess right now, and not big enough for masses of intolerant people.

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

If you are a nurturing mother, and a good one, you can go to play groups, sit on the floor and play all the games, and have tea with the other mothers, but wouldn't you like to think that's not all there is? That you haven't hung up your high heels without knowing how to walk in them?

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.

I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object.

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

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

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.

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

I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s.

Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.

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

I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again.

Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.

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

I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things.

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.

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

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

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.

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.

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

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.