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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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Tori Amos
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 22
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Myra Ellen Amos
Ari Tomos
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