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Authors: Tori Amos,Ann Powers
Tori Amos: Piece by Piece
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 …
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 …
INTRODUCTION
The Soul's Dance
CHAPTER ONE
Corn Mother: Genealogies
Song Canvas: “Mother Revolution”
CHAPTER TWO
Mary Magdalene: The Erotic Muse
Song Canvas: “The Power of Orange Knickers”
Song Canvas: “Marys of the Sea”
Song Canvas: “I'm Not in Love”
CHAPTER THREE
Saraswati: The Art of Composition
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”
CHAPTER FIVE
Dionysus: Bringing the Music Forth
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
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Lioness: Surviving the
Music Business
Song Canvas: “Take to the Sky”
Song Canvas: “Barons of Suburbia”