#iv

It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come. ↗

— Alexis Arguello

#come #dedicate #fight #hard #how

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you're trying to be like somebody else, then there is isn't. ↗

— Tori Amos

#creative #else #everybody #like #own

Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually. ↗

— Tori Amos

#being #casually #i #make #privilege

I do what I did as a hobby as a kid, you know, and make a living at it. And I just feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world 'cuz I get paid to make toys and play with them. ↗

— Rick Baker

#did #feel #get #guys #hobby

I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes. ↗

— Tori Amos

#commercial #company #control #expensive #hand

I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter. ↗

— Tori Amos

#creatively #daughter #having #i #many

I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical. ↗

— Tori Amos

#driven #form #i #idea #musical

I've been known to throw watermelons, backstage, at people who are giving me news I don't want to hear. But I never aim for the head. ↗

— Tori Amos

#backstage #been #giving #head #hear

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone. ↗

— Tori Amos

#i #just #living #living room #me

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. ↗

— Tori Amos

#conversation #having #i #live #play