Tori Amos

“Take a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become zombie-like and shut down. It's about discipline. You have to push yourself.”

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

“I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other.”

“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.”

“My childhood was extreme.”

“I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store.”

“I don't kid around.”

“Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually.”

“I want to be an integrated woman.”

“I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.”

“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.”

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

“At 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me.”

“I can see how the young girls really get hurt when their moms are critical, or vice versa when they're overly critical of their moms. It can be so painful.”

“So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar in D.C., it was Mr. Henry's of Georgetown.”

“I'm not not going to stop giving away what I feel about something.”

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

“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.”

“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'm not like a poker player. I'm not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I'm intending to go. My cards are always on the table.”