Tori Amos

There are older men with younger women but you don't see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often.

There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.

My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights.

The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.

I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object.

The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.

When I play live, it's a conversation that we're all having with the song, and the audience... their response and relationship with the songs is as valid as my relationship with the songs.

I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other.

Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.

This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me.

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

I don't see music as working.

People listen to music the way they want to listen to music.

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.

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.'

I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.

I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.

A key to keeping your husband is getting him to miss you. That keeps a marriage fresh.

I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I'm 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.

In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe.