"The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding."

Motivation

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The theme of motivation is universal, yet Tori Amos manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on motivation often shapes our reality.

About Tori Amos

Tori Amos is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. A child prodigy, Amos entered the Peabody Institute's preparatory division at five, but left at eleven, coming of age as a pianist in Washington, D.C. bars. Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop-rock group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion.

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"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."

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