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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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Tori Amos
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 22
Composer
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Newton
North Carolina
Myra Ellen Amos
Ari Tomos
Ellen Amos
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