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TORI AMOS

We asked Tori Amos to take a self- portrait. We also asked her to write a list of personal things—interesting facts that fans may perhaps not know about her.

The singer/songwriter/pianist/composer grew up in Maryland, the daughter of a Methodist minister, and was something of a child prodigy, taking to music at an early age. By age three she was composing her own songs on the piano and at only five she , quickly garnered her a devoted fanbase, thanks in part to singles “Silent All These Years,” “China,” “Winter,” and “Crucify.” Mainstream success continued with 1993’s and 1996’s . Over the years she’s written her autobiography, co-wrote a musical based on the Scottish fairy tale , and had her songs adapted into the graphic novel collection . Now Amos is releasing her 15th studio album, , via Decca Records. It’s an album that in part looks at nature, as well as humanity’s destruction of the environment.

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