Tori Amos Soundcheck Interview @ Essen 2011

Recorded in Essen, Oct 2011.

More Tori interviews here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL22A8337534AFAB1D

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[YellowMangerCalling]

She's always been very, very thoughtful and almost spaced out when she speaks, and I've always wondered if she's high most of the time, to be able to achieve this kind of distinct, beautiful artistry...I just don't know how anyone could be this mellow for such a long time ( at least in public ) -

[Elihulove]

What a beautiful interview! I love the song selections and what she had to say about each one. Seems like Tori just opens windows to her soul in interviews. She's so intense and heartfelt in her answers.

[SoulmateDie]

@th3wing3dpaint3r I don't criticize her, I fucking understand her, and a lot, being a womany myself. But I've been sad for her because she was passing through a bad time and there're so many examples of it, too many it can't be a coincidence. She's better now and you can feel it live, the sparks in her eyes have started to glow again. And NOH is a special album, I think it's a very good one, and I love Tori more now than ever. I've always supported her.

[SoulmateDie]

@th3wing3dpaint3r I am sure of it. "I most judged myself for enjoying a meal around 2007. I was overly stressed, the thinnest I've been, eating in an extreme way. Guilty while eating and after. But now I'm at a normal size, I feel that if you're not enjoying your food in a balanced way, then why are you living?". If you don't trust me, have a look at the interview she made for the guardian, this is were the quote was taken from. When I talk, I don't make assumption.

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@SoulmateDie "She's gone through depression, just look at how thin she was in 2007" Again, shoving your nose where it doesn't belong. & making assumptions based on stereotypes. Hasn't it occurred to you that Tori might have been comfortable with that weight? or that touring might have affected her diet? or that (a dozen other possibilities).

Plus, according to Tori, Girl Disappearing is about how women are their own worst enemy. I've always thought Anorexia was involved, but it's an assumption

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@SoulmateDie I was talking about the popularity of criticizing a celebrity's every dimension, even concerning personal matters. You seem to think it's ok because "that's how the world goes, dear".

"it affects her music, totally" How? Since all three albums were VERY different, are you sure it's not a coincidence? Maybe you've "grown out of" Tori? Plus, she's still changed with NOH, have the surgeries or Botox worn off?

I'm interested in knowing how her looks have obviously affected her art

[SoulmateDie]

@th3wing3dpaint3r To me it's not a matter of popularity, really. It's how she became more and more unsure about her appeareance, 'till she decided to call it quits and change her features. And it affected her music, totally. She consequently published three albums that were crap, in my opinion. She's gone through depression, just look at how thin she was in 2007 (and she's just declared something about it, sayin' that Girl Disappearing talks about herself). Just an example.

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@SoulmateDie The popularity of a phenomenon has nothing to do with it being right/wrong, "dear".

Tori has also changed many other ideals along the years regarding men, god.... people change over time. You've said as much yourself.

I just don't understand why it's "a shame" when a musician who gives so much decides to change something personal about herself (which in no way affects her music).

[SoulmateDie]

@th3wing3dpaint3r It's none of our business, but she's a public artist and it's normal that fans (or people in general) have and share their own opinions. That's how the world goes, dear. And she's the one who clearly rejected what she believed in (I perfectly remember a 2001 interview in which she states how women should age peacefully accepting the signs of time). Anyway, I just care about the music, but if you ask me if I'm okay with her face, I say no.

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@SoulmateDie I'm not sure why you think it's any of our business what Tori does to her own face. She obviously likes it and it would be very "un-Tori" to stop doing something because it's inconvenient to others.