| Tori Amos |
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| Question: Out of all your
records, what is your favorite one to make?
ToriALive: That's sort of like asking what baby ToriALive: you liked making best. ToriALive: I have 5 babies, and if I say ToriALive: one, then the other record kids ToriALive: are gonna get jealous. ToriALive: Possibly strangling me during the night. Question: Are you planing on touring soon? ToriALive: Definetly not. ToriALive: I'm eating licorice right now, ToriALive: drinking green tea out of a Japanese cup ToriALive: sitting outside. I miss this part of touring. ToriALive: We would be taking the stage right now. ToriALive: I miss that relationship with the people ToriALive: that came to see and hear the music. ToriALive: But other than that, I'm ToriALive: feeling like I need to create at the ToriALive: piano. ToriALive: Touring is very external, recording and writing ToriALive: is internal and I have to keep going ToriALive: back and forth between both ToriALive: to keep the scales of Libra in some ToriALive: sort of balance for myself. ToriALive: It's really important I think that ToriALive: you have a balance of both ToriALive: because they feed each other. ToriALive: The energy that I get playing live ToriALive: propels me into a deep well, inside somewhere ToriALive: that I probably couldn't get to with out the shows. Question: how many years have you been playing? ToriALive: Since I was 2 1/2. ToriALive: Long to get gigbutt. Question: Do the fans of yours get annoying? ToriALive: I guess anyone can be annoying. ToriALive: I know that I annoy people sometimes, ToriALive: particularly my friend Beenie. ToriALive: When I won't let her eat sugar. ToriALive: Once in a while, of course there's gonna ToriALive: be someone that pushes something too far. ToriALive: But....I can also find that at a family Christmas dinner. ToriALive: So, a sense of humor is really important. ToriALive: You can't take things too personally. ToriALive: I don't think people really mean to be a pain. ToriALive: I know I don't mean to be one when I'm being one. PeopMagMC1: One other person online put the question this way: PeopMagMC1: What part of being famous sucks the most? ToriALive: When you walk into a drug store for example, ToriALive: and you just need to get some girl stuff, ToriALive: and you're sitting there with a kinda cute ToriALive: cashier boy person, ToriALive: having you do an autograph over your ToriALive: sanitary napkins for his girlfriend. ToriALive: You just don't wanna get that close. Question: Who are your influences? ToriALive: That's so boring. ToriALive: Also....what I ate that day. PeopMagMC1: Let's try another one then... Question: Where is one place in the world that you would like to visit before you Question: die? ToriALive: <thinking> ToriALive: Thailand is calling me. ToriALive: I had a long lay over in the Bangkok airport ToriALive: and I was drawn to get out of the city ToriALive: and get deeper into the country. ToriALive: I'm actually going there before I make the next work. Question: DONT YOU SOMETIMES GET SO TIRED AND WANT TO GIVE IT UP ToriALive: I get tired of having to ToriALive: remind myself that this is a funny ToriALive: time in the industry. This is a time ToriALive: where a lot of people that make music ToriALive: don't really sing right or play anything musical. <giggle> ToriALive: So, you have to remind yourself ToriALive: who are you serving, are you serving the muse ToriALive: or the collective. ToriALive: I mean that as the collective consciousness. ToriALive: When you serve the collective, ToriALive: you start walking into fast food territory. ToriALive: I have moments of fast food cravings ToriALive: so obviously yes, there is a place for that. ToriALive: But artists have to be clear ToriALive: on are you making something ToriALive: for the quick hit, the quick reaction, ToriALive: or are you trying to create something that ToriALive: burns in your soul. ToriALive: whatever rejections you get from the collective ToriALive: or the industry. Everyone else is standing ToriALive: around you with a raincoat on. ToriALive: So, I get tired when I get negative ToriALive: and what I need to do is see the ToriALive: diversity and then gain strength again. Question: What makes you happy? ToriALive: Tricky question. ToriALive: But, I think investigating my little lies. Question: What were you like in high school? ToriALive: No boundaries. PeopMagMC1: mine ToriALive: I couldn't say no if a mosquito wanted ToriALive: to nest in my bushes. Question: Is is hard to write songs all of the time? ToriALive: I don't write songs all the time. ToriALive: There are dry spells as a writer for me anyway. ToriALive: When it isn't kinda creative time, ToriALive: you have to almost, if you can imagine, ToriALive: you're a huntress, but you can't chase the songs down. ToriALive: Right now I'm hangning with some girlfriends ToriALive: on the water and it's warm. ToriALive: I guess you could say I'm writing all the time. ToriALive: It's not like you seperate writing time from ToriALive: other times, your writing is your life. ToriALive: Even when Beenie's telling a dirty joke, ToriALive: on some level your pores are drinking that in. ToriALive: The way she told it, the honey suckle is winding aroun ToriALive: d and you can almost touch it with your tongue. ToriALive: It's almost like breathing when the songs come. ToriALive: You can't control when they decide to come out. Question: You say that you find a girlfriend on what you have in common with them, Question: how do you meet strangers that are out of the celebrity cliche? ToriALive: I don't hang out with many celebs on a regular basis. ToriALive: I'm a very close circle. ToriALive: I think I'm really hard to get to know on ToriALive: a personal level. ToriALive: I have a few close friends, but not many. ToriALive: I think it takes patience to really let a friendship ToriALive: bloom and blossom. ToriALive: I think my closest friends have always ToriALive: been the pianos. I always turn to them. ToriALive: Spend a lot of time with them..... PeopMagMC1: Speaking of pianos... Question: Question for Tori? How, Where and When, did you discover the Question: Bosendorfer -vs -Steinway,Walter,Baldwin etc.. What did this piano bring to Question: you, that another did not? Thanks MB ToriALive: I played a Bosendorfer when I was little. ToriALive: I felt a difference in the presence of this instrument. ToriALive: It was like it had a ghost protecting it. ToriALive: Sometimes it was sinister, others alluring. ToriALive: It was like the soul of it came from the underworld. ToriALive: I've played some Steins that I've had a relationship with ToriALive: For the most part, the Bosendorfers are hand made, ToriALive: you get the personality of the maker. ToriALive: It gives you more stuff to work with as aplayer. ToriALive: They're live things, they really are. PeopMagMC1: We're going to have to wrap things up...any closing thoughts? What are you working on now? ToriALive: We go into the studio the end of Feb. and ToriALive: start putting the live part of the double box set together. ToriALive: The guys are gonna fly out and work with ToriALive: me and the tech crew I work with on putting ToriALive: part of the second CD together. ToriALive: It includes B sides and some others you can't get anymore. ToriALive: There'll be songs that I kept, that I wasn't ready to finish. ToriALive: It's got a lot of different things on it, it'll ToriALive: be out Christmas 99. ToriALive: I haven't decided what to call it yet. |
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