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Tori Amos: Roses And Thorns

Scott McLennan, Rip It Up (Australia), April 2005

In her 25 year recording career, Tori Amos has been many things. Hairsprayed rock chick, prodigious pianist and enigmatic lyricist are some of the deliciously strange little masks this girl has worn. However, after nine solo albums and an enduring fanbase around the globe, it is the role of mother which currently brings the brightest glow to Tori's face when she speaks. On the eve of her first tour of Australia in over a decade, Tori spoke to Rip It Up about her thrill that daughter Natashya will be making the journey Down Under with her.

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