- Is good friends with Trent Reznor, who sang the background vocals on her song "Past the Mission" from her album "Under The Pink".
- Resides in Cornwall, England and West Palm Beach, Florida.
- Refers to her songs as "girls".
- She gave birth to a 7 pound, 1 ounce baby girl, named 'Natashya Lorien'. (September 5, 2000)
- Toured with Alanis Morissette in 1999.
- She is famous for her skill to play covers of famous songs on the piano. Her first strike was the piano cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit". At her concerts, there is always the Tori Amos Pianobar Moment, where she plays covers requested by her fans.
- Good friend of Björk.
- She was offered the role of Mallory in Natural Born Killers (1994) by director Oliver Stone. Early in her career, Amos had been pursing acting as well as singing. For a moment she was interested, until Stone explained he also wanted to have her song "Me and a Gun" play during the scenes where Mallory kills someone. The song is an a capella account of Amos' real-life rape. In response, Amos slapped him across the face and stormed out. Amos details this story in her autobiography "All These Years". She also references the incident in her hit song "A Sorta Fairytale", with the lyrics: "Feel better with Oliver Stone until I almost smacked him; it seemed right that night.".
- Close friend of writer Neil Gaiman, who dedicated to her the character of "Delirium" in his comic saga "Sandman".
- In an interview, gave the story of her stage name as being something between wanting a given name that was less old-fashioned, and a remembered incident in a car when the driver turned and said "You're a Tori, aren't you?" (as in, that's the kind of name that suits you). It's possible this person was actually saying "You're a Tory, aren't you?" which can happen in England, if someone thinks they have sized up your political views.
- Has received 7 Grammy nominations, sold close to 20 million albums worldwide (despite recieving little, if any mainstream airplay) and according to VH1, is the 77th greatest woman in rock n' roll history.
- Lost her older brother, Michael Amos, in a tragic car accident in November of 2004.
- Owns a home in Cork, Ireland.
- She is a huge comic book fan.
- In high school, Tori was voted Homecoming Queen, Choir Flirt, and Most Likely To Suceed.
- Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. (1996)
- Ranked #71 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
- Was offered the part of Sarah in The Crow: City of Angels (1996), but refused because she did not like the character. In an interview, she attributed the refusal of the role to the fact that the character had poor choice of footwear.
- Born at 1:10 PM EDT
- Her father is Methodist minister Dr. Rev. Edison Amos of Rockville, Maryland. His commentary on the second amendment is featured in sound clips on her song "Happiness is a Warm Gun" (a Beatles cover).
- Tori has stated that two of her maternal great-great-grandparents were Cherokee Native American (though all of her maternal great-grandparents were listed as "White" on United States censuses). Tori often has Native American influences in her songs, esp. on the album "Scarlet's Walk", which includes the song "Wampum Prayer", a tribute to Native Americans.
- Recorded the song "Past the Mission" in the Beverly Hills mansion where Sharon Tate was murdered.
- Is a fan of playwright Tennessee Williams.
- Her husband is from England.
- May 2007: Named Epic's Jane Magazine's Artist of the Month.
- 1st May 2007: Released her ninth studio album: "American Doll Posse". It was written and produced by Tori at Martian Engineering in Cornwell, England, UK. The physical version was available in two different formats: the Standard Version and the Limited Edition CD/DVD Deluxe Version. The bonus DVD featured Behind The Scenes footage of the album photo shoot, an exclusive photo gallery, and the bonus track "My Posse Can Do". The Limited Edition version also included five collectible postcards, and a full color thirty six page booklet. Purchases from select independent retailers in the US, also came with a free 11"x26" Tori Amos lithograph.
- Ranked #77 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
- Released her tenth studio album "Abnormally Attracted to Sin" on May 19th, 2009 with plans for a summer tour. (May 2009)
- Preparing to release her 9th studio album "American Doll Posse" in May 2007 and follow with a world tour. (March 2007)
- Touring solo (for the first time since 2001) in support of her new album "The Beekeeper" (April 2005)
- Release of her book, "Piece by Piece". (2005)
- Continues to tour in support of her album "Scarlet's Walk". (August 2003)
- Mother of Natashya Lórien Hawley.
- Wrote a song about the 9/11 Tragedy: "I can't see New York".
- The lyric "I heard the eternal footman bought himself a bike to race" from "Pretty Good Year", is a reference to T S Eliot's "Prufrock" poem.
- The phrase "Little Earthquake" occurs in Charles Fort's book "New Lands".
- With regard to the song "Bouncing off Clouds", there may not be a "Love Lost and Found" but there is a "Museum of Broken Relationships" in Croatia.
- The song "Take me with you" was inspired by a young fan who wanted to run away with the band after a concert, rather than return home to her abusive father. The crew worked out they could be liable for kidnapping once they crossed State Lines, and had to refuse.
- The word Tori means "more than one torus" and the term is used in Lacanian Psychoanalysis with reference to the Borromean Knot.
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