Tori Amos

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

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

You have to be clear what your message is and what you're doing. I mean, Miley Cyrus is an amazing talent, and sometimes you kind of just want to say, 'We know you're not Hannah Montana anymore. We know that, my dear. My darling. Now, go be great.'

You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.

My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in the morning, she would put on Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and Cole Porter records. I'd crawl up on the piano stool, sit on a phone book and play.

I think everyone understands grief, the journey it takes us on, whether it's the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a disappointment. Some people don't deal with it, the power of it. Some do. Some feel the weight of it and it informs their choices. I've had to open up to grief in different contexts.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom's family in the Carolinas. There were chains on the car - it was the late sixties - and we were just singing in the car. Christmas carols.

Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little.

I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer.

she said, these dead petals, honey, brought me here

He said, first let's just unzip your religion down.

sleeping beauty/trips me with a frown

I'm too wacky for most weirdos. Who am I to judge?

And maybe she had certain beliefs that if you love somebody, [you're] gonna like them too. And that isn't necessarily true.