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It's about realizing, painfully, you've kept that voice inside yourself, locked away from even yourself. And you step back and see that your jailer has changed faces. You realize you've become your own jailer.

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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
Changed
Survivor
Faces
Locked
Voice
Kept
Away
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Become
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Back
Steps
Even
Inside
Jailer
Realizing
Painfully

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