Tori Amos: Piece by Piece

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Authors: Tori Amos,Ann Powers

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Dedication
 
Tori:
 

This book would not be what it is without my daughter, Natashya Lórien Hawley who has taught me to laugh … and who better not read this book before she's sixteen …

Ann:
 

For my daughter, Rebecca Brooklyn Weisbard

(To quote my friend)

Where the words jump off my pen and into your pages

Pick out your cloud …

Contents

Preface

INTRODUCTION
The Soul's Dance

CHAPTER ONE
Corn Mother: Genealogies

     Song Canvas: “Ireland”

     Song Canvas: “The Beekeeper”

     Song Canvas: “Mother Revolution”

CHAPTER TWO
Mary Magdalene: The Erotic Muse

     Song Canvas: “The Power of Orange Knickers”

     Song Canvas: “God”

     Song Canvas: “Marys of the Sea”

     Song Canvas: “Lust”

     Song Canvas: “I'm Not in Love”

CHAPTER THREE
Saraswati: The Art of Composition

     Song Canvas: “Garlands”

     Song Canvas: “Parasol”

     Song Canvas: “Sweet the Sting” and “Sleeps with Butterflies”

     Song Canvas: “Cars and Guitars”

CHAPTER FOUR
Demeter: The Journey into Motherhood

     Song Canvas: “Pandora's Aquarium”

     Song Canvas: “Muhammad, My Friend”

     Song Canvas: “Ribbons Undone”

CHAPTER FIVE
Dionysus: Bringing the Music Forth

     Song Canvas: “Wampum Prayer”

     Song Canvas: “Winter”

CHAPTER SIX
Sane Satyrs and Balanced Bacchantes: The Touring Life's Gypsy Caravan

     Song Canvas: “Martha's Foolish Ginger”

CHAPTER SEVEN
Venus: Creating a Public Self

     Song Canvas: “Goodbye Pisces”

CHAPTER EIGHT
The Lioness: Surviving the
Music Business

     Song Canvas: “Take to the Sky”

     Song Canvas: “Hoochie Woman”

     Song Canvas: “Witness”

     Song Canvas: “Barons of Suburbia”

CONCLUSION
Quan Yin: The Art of Compassion

     Song Canvas: “Jamaica Inn”

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