I'm a fan (and you should be too) because...it's never too late to enter into the "tori" phenomenon. I, myself, entered rather late, like "Tales of a Librarian," late. I'd first heard her music while riding in a friend's car. We were listening to a live bootleg disc. Which one I can't recall. Without knowing Ms. Amos played the piano, I asked my friend what is this women doing during these erotic groans and vocal improvisations that got such a rise out of the crowd? These "moments" were a "gracious plenty" in the songs. I hadn't made the connection with the woman I caught on Ovation, who's music I found quirky, and the one I'd heard on the bootleg letting her 'love come down.' Bought a copy to "Tales..." on a lark, it was on sale. I've been walking backwards in the 'toriverse' since. I mostly listen to very inaccessible, obtuse jazz. John and the late Alice Coltrane are always with me. I love playing music the make's my friend's say "What the hell are you listening too?" I'd long since given up on the radio. Nothing, nothing, and more nothing there. However, I found Ms. Amos fits just right in my universe. Perhaps, it's the other way around. My first listen to "Tales..." was while doing some housework. Her lyrics caught me dead in my tracks and I found myself popping up like prairie dog. I'd thought, damn that was good! I later learned Ms. Amos's Mother, was a Lit. major in college. Ahhh!!! Her lyrics are much too clever. They resonate an unique American perspective. "Jackie's Strength," just the opening stanza captures the feeling of a nation when the unthinkable happened. All those times, I'd look up to my Mother's face and ask her to tell me where was she when President Kennedy died? Being a very gifted vocalist and pianist (who tours with a grand Bosendorfer), is the exception. I'm so glad I took a ride with my pal Gretchen that day, and the car got wet.