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Later with Jools
Holland Jools Holland: Tori Amos, ladies
and gentlemen! First of all I’d like to welcome you back to the show ‘cause it
was great, we had you on the show about two years ago, something like that, and
the show’s become much better then, but partly for you being on it. Tori Amos: That’s great, thank
you. Jools: Now first, I want to go
back to the very beginning - now you went, you were a child prodigy pianist and
you went to a top music college when you were a child. A classical, to teach
you concert piano, did that help you? Tori: (after long pause) No, no
it didn’t help me. Jools: Was it a bit constricting
for you? Tori: Well, I think what happens
a lot is when you play because you love it and its from this...you know the
place that you eat pizza from and you crave pizza? Jools: Yeah? Tori: And its so real. Like I’m
craving it right now. Yeah, when it’s that place that you play your music from.
Jools: And of course it probably
stops you from writing your own things because you’re forced to sort of study
other peoples’ things. Now you then went on and you played, you sang in bars
and you made a rock album in the eighties, what was the moment when you decided
to do your own thing? Tori: When my record bombed. When
I was in the toilet. I mean at the end of the day I’m this girl that plays the
piano, I tried to be Lita Ford in leather pants and it was just not impressive
to anybody. So I came back to what I do and I said “If I’m gonna be a girl at a
piano, I’m gonna be, you know, I’m gonna try and make it interesting. Jools: Now you, I believe Judy
Garland was a... Tori: Absolutely! Jools: She was a big...I’m please
to say we managed to find some footage of her... Tori: Oh have you?! Jools: especially for you today.
We’ve got her, I think she’s singing in front of some troops in 1943 so
especially for you. Here it is. Tori: where is she? ... (cuts to
video of Judy Garland singing a chorus of “Over The Rainbow”) Jools: What was it you
particularly liked about Judy Garland? Tori: She sang to millions and
millions of people and I always felt like she just for me. It wasn’t about ego,
it was about singing to some little person in his house and then you wanted to
get out of your house so bad. And she made you think you could. Jools: Oh lovely. And your new
album is called “Boys For Pele”? Tori: Yes. Jools: And where does that title
come from? Tori: Well, Pele is the volcano
goddess and I thought of like, um, sacrificing some of the boys in my life to
her but then I decided that that wasn’t really a very good idea. And, the album
is sort of about the way I’ve stolen fire from the men in my life. And I got
tired of doing that ‘cause I have my own. But I couldn’t see that for a very
long time. And now I can respect them without needing to suck their blood. Jools: That’s very good. I’m very
pleased that you’ve done that, (Tori giggles) for one. In fact, we all are and
we’re looking forward to hearing you later on... Tori Amos, thank you very much
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