I Spent Much Of My

The Faces I See In The Modeling Industry Can Get Dull.

I Never Went Wrong By Being Myself.

I Made A Crash Landing Here On Earth On February 14, 1962, In The Shreveport Catholic Charities Home For Un-wed Mothers. The Infamous Bonnie And Clyde Lost Their Lives Just Miles From Where I Was Born. Like Outlaws Ourselves, My Birth Mother And I Were On The Run From The Day She Found Out I Was Part Of Her.

My Entire Mission In Life Is To Help Women Take Over The World. Not By Force (the Route So Many Men Have Taken Since The Beginning Of Time), But With Compassion, Perseverance, And Love.

This Reference To The Scots Side Of Her Ancestry Is The First Of Two Visual Explorations Into Tori Amos's Diverse Cultural Past. As Is The Case For Many Of Us, Tori's Ancestry Is A Mix Of Races And Religions, Philosophies And Professions, Fortunes And Foibles. What To Some May Seem Like A Family Tree Grown Wild And Untamed Is Actually A Mighty Oak That Has Weathered Life's Many Storms And Can Still Put Out A Rare And Beautiful Blossom Like Tori.