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Tuesday, April 9, 1996

Session Start: Tue Apr 09 19:39:19 1996

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Question: Tori, if you can answer that question about the relationship between God and Mohammed My Friend

Tori: People when they ask me, why didn’t I make God a woman and I go like I made the Catholic Church too? I find that sometimes when I’m singing about religious mythology, people are getting their own opinions in there instead of what really happened like in The Crusades anything that wasn’t Christian being tortured particularly the Cathares I was in a place called San Galgano - it’s truly endless the control and domination that the institution wielded the burning of the witches over a period of years mostly women and when I wrote Muhammed My Friend, it was mostly about having a cup of tea with Muhammed and talking about the circumcision of the female part of God in every religion. Even Greek mythology, Zeus was the big bad dude. Everyone was fragmented. Athena, separated from her sexuality but had her wisdom. Aphrodite who had her sexuality in truth did not have many other aspects, like wisdom, which was acknowledged.

Question: Let me start by saying I just got to see your sound check and a couple of songs you did for some lucky radio winners I was really moved by your version of The Springtime of Voodoo it was all engrossing and strong and I love it.  I want to say I’m really excited to hear all the new songs from the album tonight. Are you very excited to be here in the states again?

Tori: Every night I try and take the songs as they’re coming to me. They seem to be shifting and changing with the tour because if you’re a classical piece you’re practicing and performing a piece until it’s exactly what the music says. If you’ve been around my family after church and had to sit for those Sunday dinners and inanimate objects like the piano becomes the most exciting everything to you.

Session Close: Tue Apr 09 19:51:54 1996

 

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