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In fact, as her loyal
fans,which follow her since her first debut-album "Y can't Tori read"
year 1988, say miss Amos "is one of the most intense and provocative
characters in today's pop music. It is also true that her touching
songs, her fine musicality, and her passionate interpretations, have
made her a true cult artist for millions of fans all around the
world."Her latest album, "From the choirgirl hotel", is a step
further towards the incredibly original dimension of this young
North American singer and pianist.
Interview
Miss Amos, could you tell us how you began singing?
"In the beginning
there was the piano. I began to play it when I was very young, my
mother says I was about two and a half years old. Everybody
considered me a prodigy child: I didn't have problems winning a
scholarship given by the Peabody Institute, the famous Conservatory
in Baltimore. But, since I was a child I almost always listened to
rock, which I considered the music, they thought I wasn't suitable
for studying classical music. If to this one adds my rebellious
personality, profoundly naive, it is no surprise that they soon
kicked me out of the Institute. I still wasn't twelve yet...".
How was your reaction to
the expulsion?
"Very bad ! Music,
for me, was everything, and I couldn't resign myself to the fact
that I had to live without it. Luckily my father was very
comprehensive. He was always very close to me. He encouraged me to
follow through with my studies on my own. This was very helpful for
me. You can't imagine the strange jobs he'd accept for me, to allow
me to perform, strange gigs: like the ones in clubs for homosexuals.
This was where my already independent personality, sharpened even
more. So much that I decided to change my real name, Ellen, into
Tori: which I definitely prefer".
And your music followed
consequently...
"Right:. The course
of my music coincides perfectly with my personal evolution. For me,
music isn't just a passion, but a way to express my interior
dimension, my feelings, my deepest thoughts. In fact I write what I
feel. I sing with my heart, my stomach and guts..."
In fact some poorly
spirited persons have sustained that in your live concerts
sensuality is the main thing...
"It makes me laugh,
just the thought of it ! Sensuality...what the hell does it mean ?
Really, what appears to be sensual just represents my great desire
to offer love ! And if within this love, there's space even for
sex...well, it seems to me that it's just an obvious and natural
thing ! There are still too many women that are ashamed to show
their passions publicly. And too many men run like cowards when
confronting their most intimate feelings".
Maybe this is the reason
why you seem to have such a "physical" relationship with your piano
?
"Certainly. For me,
the piano, is a living creature, and often it may happen that I hug
him and kiss him just as if it were my boyfriend! Furthermore, I
think that its potentials still haven't been completely explored,
the piano is the only acoustic instrument that can be percussive, it
can play as an entire orchestra, or again it can be the source of
incredible sound effects. It's an extraordinary instrument. The more
you give it, the more it repays you with interests!" |
