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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.

Tori Amos

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Tori Amos
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 22
Composer
Harpsichordist
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Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
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North Carolina
Myra Ellen Amos
Ari Tomos
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