lightcastle

I have never heard this story about Tori Amos before, but I do agree that I stopped listening to Tori after a while because her new stuff never seemed to grab me the same way.

I don’t know what I'm saying here. But I persist in thinking that this is an important story, for women who write. Anything, really; doesn't have to be music. If a boy starts moving into your territory and telling you what sort of woman you should be and how that woman should come across in your writing, you don’t say "thank you, Husband." You say, "here are your divorce papers, Husband, and you can sign them immediately if you are committed to behaving in this manner in the future."

I've certainly seen that dynamic, sadly.

Relatedly, Nick Cave makes me smack my forehead. (I'd like to think there is more context to that quote, though.