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I was very close to my mother as the youngest of three. She was my playmate.
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Tori Amos
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 22
Composer
Harpsichordist
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Singer-Songwriter
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North Carolina
Myra Ellen Amos
Ari Tomos
Ellen Amos
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I hurt myself today to see if I could feel. I hurt myself, you said to try to make him feel. So I hurt myself again to see if he'd see me. I hurt myself again and no, he never could see me.
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