I do not like to plan a conversation......
But if she was my friend I'm sure I would enjoy having conversation with her over a cup of Tea...
as I think one could talk with her about everything (She seam like a great person to me)
Sorry if I can't say any specific thing to talk about.....So I say everything is possible in an conversation
and I love Conversation......and it can be completely weird or completely sain and nothing would ever
surprise me....and I am not a person that blame or can feel a conversation wrong for a conversation
are just that...a Conversation.
And I do enjoy every moment with my frind when we have conversations so am sure I would enjoy
the conversation with Tori too.

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~Vampiro~
http://www.myspace.com/vampiro1968

The thing with meeting her is that you know that those few minutes are possibly the only chance you'll have to say any of the many things that have crossed your mind when experiencing a performance or listening to a song. It is like the different sides of myself were screaming over the top of each other in my head.

"Don't make an ass of yourself!"
"Say thank you!"
"Request a song!"
"Get a picture!"
"Get an autograph!"
"Don't forget to say the one special thing you've always wanted to!"

And you know any second your time will be up. It is enough to amp up your adrenaline before you even get a chance to interact with her, which is special on its own.

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I met her = and it is exactly how I figured it would be - and more. Just not long enough.

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"long ago so assured that we’re advanced with what we know that our spirit never had time to grow..." ~Floating City

Things I have spoken to Tori about: remastering tracks for Librarian, her relationship with Brian Transeau (BT), Hello Kitty, her duet with Michael Stipe, inspirations, various Tash growing up things, Neil Gamon, Meet and Greets, song requests, her relationship with Atlantic and how well I've aged That's all I remember from the top of my head. I've had somewhere between 15-20 conversations with her. And one with Mark. Tash, I spoek with a little at the last tour when she was zooming around out back in her scooter. I want 2 ask her about the undertones of Pele but always get flustered in her presence and just start babbling

What would you speak with Tori about, if.......

Are you talking about sex with guys? If that was the case, I'd say,"I must be getting it pretty good."

Female spirituality. And how to overcome the wall in oneself into acceptance of being a woman, sexuality and how to deal with it. How she did that after having been raped. How does one come back to oneself enough? To be able to have a relationship and a kid. How to come from here to there when the past is on your back. A shadow in every move you make. How to be able to translate that what one can express in and through music to the rest of one's life and feel as alive in that as one does in music (and music alone). And the general view of where women stand today. Hormones. The shifting of the seasons. Life itself. Faeries. Spirits. Energies. All that can be felt and sensed more than seen. Too much to mention really...

i would ask her why ? and id give my explaination to that one word as well .. you know.

I wonder if she has a lot of flip-flops. Those are my favorites. If I could wear them to work, I would. It's funny - the high was only about 43 degrees here in northern Florida today, but people were still wearing their flip-flops.

I would talk to her about shoes. T has really great taste in shoes and I like shoes so I think that would be a really fun conversation. "because I'm a shoe slutty, slut, slut, slut whore"

ok here goes:

00:00:00-00:00:15 I stare I stare I stare hahahaha

00:00:16-00:00:30 pop the question: what her favorite day in life has been.

00:00:32-00:00:50 ( i'd guess she could say bringing Tash to life.) She is smart so it only takes her seconds to answer

so since i have more time...

00:00:51-00:01:05 pop the second question: "time going by makes me scared. but it doesnt seem to scare you. how do you achieve that?"

00:01:06-02:00:00 we start chatting and she finds my questions interesting. and then she is about ready to ask for my email cauz i tell her i'm from Greece and feel great she picked up inspiration from our greek pantheon. I give her my email, invite her to visit the greek islands with the family and then what do ya know? it's 2 hours already!! hahahhaha

(and now it's time to wake up grrrrrrrrrrrr)

If I were to have a chat with Tori, I would want her to tell me about how she has dealt with her issues regarding religion and Christianity in particular. I'd also like her to talk to me about motherhood.

I Just bought Tori's "welcome to sunny Florida" DVD and it was a good show.However,I didn't appreciate
Barnes & Noble editing it when she curses.

I'd like to get to know Tori Amos as a person too. There's alot that could be discussed, I can't list everything lol.

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"Where has our dial intersected these last few minutes?"
- Quote by Nola

After I remembered how to speak and form words lol (I'd be super nervous and awe-struck at first), I would talk to her about writing. I would ask her what inspires her, how her songs come to her and what kind of environment she needs to be in to create music...stuff like that. Anything Tori ever discusses in interviews is interesting...I have a feeling an hour conversation with her would only feel like 5 minutes. It would be an awesome opportunity though.

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"Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!"--Dorothy Parker

Cindy... I think I would like to talk to her, too, about that!! Just to get to know her better by learning how she is as a person

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"Excuse me, but can I be you for a while? My dog won't bite if you sit real still"

I'd talk to her about mundane stuff along the lines of:

What do her and Tash like to do when they're hanging out - ride bikes, play games, bake?

Does she have any pets?

When she's in Florida, does she ever take sea-turtle watch walks during nesting season? Does she go outside to watch the shuttle launches, does she have a boat?

I can think of a lot more but you get the picture. You can learn a lot about a person by the things they do in everyday life.

Roxvelt... interesting post. I have empathy for your thoughts. When I get into a spiritual 'mosh-pit,' I pull out an old busted cd case with a copy of Iris De Mint's "Let the Mystery Be." She's a Folk Singer who comes from a family of Evangelists. That song always makes me smile.

"Some say when you're gone, you're gone forever
And some say your gonna come back
Some say that you'll rest in the arms of the Saviour
If these sinful ways you lack
But I believe in love and I live my life accordingly
And I choose to let the Mystery Be"

I don't thinks she's on Epic, so they may not let this post be

"Last time I checked he came to light the lamp for everyone" Marys of the Seas

If I had the chance to sit down for a coffee/tea chat with Tori, I too would love to discuss spirituality, history, religion with her, because I know she's done her homework, and I get the sense she knows so much about it, both regarding the "big" religions and the lesser known pagan beliefs and mythology. Odd I know since I consider myself atheist (though I was raised Catholic), but I still find so much value in learning about this, the history, the way it has affected civilizations, and me. I've been watching that you tube video of her talking about "Caught a Lite Sneeze" and singing in a church, because I'm trying to deal with my own searching, and all this heavy emotional stuff I can't seem to shake off right now.

It's times like this that I think about some interview where she says that reading "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" helped her kick an emptiness she felt inside, get out of this self-absorbed wallowing, through empathy with others' pain, greater than one's own. And I just think if I could, empathize with the world's pain, I would stop clinging to my own, stop blaming the past, the Church, society, anyone else for my emptiness. That I can be my biggest enemy and my biggest ally.

I would also ask her about her instrumental work, and about Igloo Records which I can't forget ever since she mentioned it in an interview a long, long time ago.

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"vibracatholiquefixion"

Great Post MistyLeighToo, I believe what Tori Amos says about not being 'the Source,' of creative energy, and that if an artist claims to be 'the Source,' they are lying. I think back to a hyper-link, Mycloud put on the forum that featured Tori recording in a Church in England. She was practicing "Caught a Light Sneeze, and her vocalizations were simply amazing, spiraling up and throughout that Church. The clip also featured Tori discussing this creative force or energy that comes down and works through her. She alluded to the Church and discussed the energy that was there now and that it was built upon the vestiges of an earlier Faith. So if I had two minutes with Tori Amos I would ask why such an Artist so in tuned to this 'source,' have only the faith of a mustard seed in the Bee Keeper. I wouldn't question her personal beliefs, but that of the woman talking to the Bee Keeper.

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"Last time I checked he came to light the lamp for everyone" Marys of the Seas