I Understood Early That Beauty Was Power.

It Is The Free Spirited Men And Women That We Most Admire And Often Envy - Those Individuals Who Dare To Be Themselves.

It's Our Hearts And Brains That We Should Exercise More Often. You Can Put On All The Makeup You Want, But It Won't Make Your Soul Pretty.

This Reference To The Scots Side Of Her Ancestry Is The First Of Two Visual Explorations Into Tori Amos's Diverse Cultural Past. As Is The Case For Many Of Us, Tori's Ancestry Is A Mix Of Races And Religions, Philosophies And Professions, Fortunes And Foibles. What To Some May Seem Like A Family Tree Grown Wild And Untamed Is Actually A Mighty Oak That Has Weathered Life's Many Storms And Can Still Put Out A Rare And Beautiful Blossom Like Tori.

There Are Two Types Of People In The World: People Who Are Passionate About Things, And People Who've Had Their Passion Punched, Beaten, Or Whatever Out Of Them.

For Me, Beauty Is Synonymous With Uniqueness . . . Perfection Is Mundane, Boring, And Emotionless. It Is By Celebrating The Differences In Others That We Can Begin To Accept Our Own Individuality.