Quotes by Tori Amos

“I know Im an acquired taste - Im anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things.”

“Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.”

“If they keep crashing stuff into the moon, the moons gonna get pissed off, and the tidesll change, and all the womenll start PMS-ing together. Then you guys are going to fucking regret it.”

“Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least thats what it feels like to me. Whether thats what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.”

“Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again.”

“Im a daughter of a minister and I love chasing the dark. That which is hidden. I like licking it like ice cream”

“I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean Im a girl that likes the storms. I love feeling alive, I love walking out in the cold in my bare feet and feeling the ice on my toes.”

“When its all said and done we will lose a piece to a carnivorous vegetarian”

“Rapes not something where you just go, Well, get over it or Believe in love and peace, my child, and itll all be over. Well, fuck you, that isnt the answer. Its a great thought, OK, but you can go and stick crystals up your butt and get on with it. Im all for love and peace, but thats not the side I work on. If somebody would talk about it, or worse, joke about it, I would be ready to kill. Thats not healing. It was a very long time after that before I was able to be with anyone again. And it has never been the same as it was before”

“In our minds, love and lust are really separated. Its hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isnt afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe.”

“If mankind recognizes that war is impossible...that all national rivalries are foolish...if they get together any kind of an extension of detente... then we may pull out of it all the better for it.”

“Your worst enemies are made when you ignore people. Those boys in America who shot dead classmates recently, didnt do that because they woke up with a positive self image that morning and then felt like slaughtering their friends. No, they felt igno”

“Years go by will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand... sometimes I hear my voice and its been here, silent all these years...”

“Give me peace, love, peace, love, give me peace, love, and a hard cock”

“Im a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked.”

“Sometimes I think you want me to touch you, how can I when you build a great wall around you.”

“If you cant create physical life, you find a life force. If thats in music, thats in music. I started to find this deep, primitive rhythm, and I started to move to it. And I held hands with sorrow, and I danced with her, and we giggled a bit.”

“Its as if the horses have come to take us back, to descend, to find the dark side. By dark I mean whats hidden, not necessarily satanic.”

“Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. Theyre like bull elks in a field.”

“Many people lock a part of themselves away. Its a bit sacred.”