Top 154 Quotes by Tori Amos

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

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.

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

I get tired of wearing the same thing all the time too.

Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.

There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying 'What can I learn?.' That's a very different approach.

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

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

There is an energy that you carry when you're nurturing another life where you're protecting first - and once you know that cub is out of the way of the hunter's gun, you can be a little more daring.

My husband doesn't know what my songs are about - even when they're about him. He's very British in that way. He doesn't ask, and he doesn't want to be told.