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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
Composer
Harpsichordist
Musician
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
Newton
North Carolina
Myra Ellen Amos
Ari Tomos
Ellen Amos
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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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If you call me a new-age, airy-fairy, hippie-dippy airhead I will shove my crystals up your ass.
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It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.
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A key to keeping your husband is getting him to miss you. That keeps a marriage fresh.
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I think that the nightmares are telling me things about myself that I need to know. And I try to understand what they mean, so I can get to know something more about my soul.
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Tori's my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.
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Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually.
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I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.
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When I was little, my mom tells me, I used to say things like, 'Mom do you hear the string section? Do you hear the string section?' And she would look at me and say, 'No honey, I don't know what you're talking about.'
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