An article/interview with Tori appeared in the October 8, 1998 edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette prior to Tori's appearance in Little Rock for the Plugged '98 tour.

Read The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Article.

THE TORI PARTY:

Within minutes of reading AP 120's Tori Amos cover story, I was awestruck at the clarity and the passion used by David Daley to explore the life and music of this misunderstood genius. Few have ever reached the heart of Tori without questioning her sincerity ot that of her fans. thank you for bringing me to the Choirgirl Hotel, only increasing my excitement about Tori's tour.

Lyn Miller
Portland, OR

-----------

Why is Tori Amos on your cover? She has never been alternative - maybe her personality, sure, but never her music. Musically, she is as mundane and, yes, as commercial as those Lilith Fair women she hangs with.

[Note From Mikewhy: I don't always comment on negative Tori comments, but this one reveals so much ignorance it is hard not to say..baloney!]

Lynne Francy
Santa Monica, CA

----------

I want to thank David Daley for his article about one of my two favorite artists, Tori Amos. Tori has such strength; it's haed to believe that I could be her, in all her crisis - from rape to a miscarriage to a love long gone but still in the soul.

I didn't know that she had gotten married or pregnant. Now the songs on "From the Choirgirl Hotel" make even more sense. Tori is a truly beautiful human with a great philosophy on life (through thick and thin, mind you), and I think we can all learn something from her "Tori-speak."

Amy McNamara
Bloomington, IL

----------

I found AP's 120's Tori Amos cover story to be very well-written and inspiring. I also enjoyed the very large photos of Tori. On a different note, Json Pettigrew's review of Smashing Pumpkins....(and it goes on to talk about that review which i don't feel is needed for your site Mike ;))

Erick Fukumoto
Canada

Interviewer - Tony Romado

"I get a lot of reassurance from women," she says as we sit at one of the tables crammed into a space that is reminiscent of a Hallmark shop, two leases removed. "I'm very much a woman's woman. I think a lot of people mistake the content [of the songs] as sexual, when they're more complicated than that. They're about how you look to improve yourself, and the people that you hang out with. I wish more women wouldn't rely on the old tactics-it's very easy to make men want you" I tell her it sounds as though Tori Amos could be talking. "Tori's an acquired tast," she says. "She's not conventionally, you know, pretty, not always shoving her cleavage up and being photographed in a bikini. I think we're alot alike."

She and I agree this is no way for a lady to act, unless of course, someone were waving a dollar bill in the direction of a catwalk. And we both agree that a woman can get anything she wants out of a guy that way. "Not all men are pigs, though," she insists improbably. "There's a huge majority of women who are pigs. A lot of women that I know are."