Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She is a classically trained musician
and possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range.
Amos originally served as the lead singer of 1980s synthpop group Y Kant Tori Read, and as a solo artist was at the
forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s.
Tori Amos had sold over 12 million albums worldwide. She has been nominated for several awards,
including 8 Grammy Award nominations.
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Myra Ellen Amos
Born: August 22, 1963 (age 61)
From: Newton, North Carolina, United States
Genre(s):
Piano rock,
alternative rock,
art pop,
art rock,
electronica,
classical,
baroque pop
Instrument(s):
Piano,
harpsichord,
clavichord,
Hammond organ,
harmonium,
Fender Rhodes,
Wurlitzer,
Kurzweil,
clavinet,
vocals
Occupation(s):
Musician,
singer-songwriter,
record producer,
composer
Active From: 1979-present
Associated Acts:
Y Kant Tori Read
Quotes:
"I know I'm an acquired taste: I'm anchovies. And not everyone wants those hairy little things. If I was potato chips, I could go more places."
"I'm too wacky for most weirdos, who am I to judge?"
"The music is the magic carpet that other things take naps on."
"I just try to strip myself, peel myself like an onion. At different layers I discover stuff. I do it publicly, and if it helps to inspire somebody else, which inspires somebody else, we're talking about a really exciting world here."
After breast-feeding her daughter for the first time: "An ounce of breast milk is even more potent then the finest tequila."
Commentary on the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on America: "Don't you think it's really important now that there's a forum, that we're talking about all sides of what happened September 11 and what led up to it? We need to do some research; we need to think about, Why is the world where it is? It's so deep-rooted, if we really start looking, and we might not like what we find. But I think we have to, we have to ask the questions."