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So close to touching freedom, then I hear the guards call my name

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Tori Amos
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 22
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Harpsichordist
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Singer-Songwriter
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North Carolina
Myra Ellen Amos
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My brother was a fantastic cheerleader for my development as a musician. He was almost 10 years older than me and would really push me to develop as a songwriter.
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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.
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In real life I'm bone dry and when I play I'm a mango and in sex I'm starving to be a dripping mango
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Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually.
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If you know me so well, tell me which hand that I use.
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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.
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I've never felt anything that moves me as much as my piano. I'm an emotional player. I don't really like people. I prefer my piano to people. It's totally reliable and it's alive. I can hear what it's saying.
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You really do kind of learn a lot about a person when you watch and listen to the songs that mean something to them.
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For many years, I shut down that place inside myself that needed to rage, cry, ask questions and basically just express herself. I made a conscious choice when I put (the song) 'Me and a Gun' on the record not to stay a victim anymore.
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The most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is, 'Sometimes I just breathe you in.'
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I think there are pieces of me you've never seen.
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I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.
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I think everyone understands grief, the journey it takes us on, whether it's the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a disappointment. Some people don't deal with it, the power of it. Some do. Some feel the weight of it and it informs their choices. I've had to open up to grief in different contexts.
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and if there is a way to find you, I will find you. but will you find me if Neil makes me a tree
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People can travel great distances on a computer, so why can't we travel that way emotionally?
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What do you plan to do with all your freedom?
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I'm a grown woman. I've earned my experiences, my scars.
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I used to get really pissed off that my life was so dictated by when this Jesus guy was born and when he was dying every year. I felt really resentful that I couldn't get on with my own life because I was so busy with his.
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On some of my darkest days, Lucifer's the one who comes and gives me an ice cream.
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