To get started, if you wouldn't mind just introducing yourself telling us who you are,

where you live and what you do.

Hi everybody, I'm Tori Amos.

I'm a musician and I live between the States and Cornwall, England.

And I'm in Cornwall right now at my husband's house, which in the barn is the recording

studio that we record all the records at.

Kristen, today on the show, we are basking in the presence of a JenEx goddess, a piano

prodigy, a pop cultural icon, and definitely someone who belongs in the unladylike Hall of Fame.

Oh yeah, like I still kind of can't believe it's true, but listeners, this episode, we're talking

to Motherfucking Tori Amos. Her music was one of the soundtracks of Third Wave Feminism

in the 90s, full of middle fingers to the patriarchy and ethereal arrangements, like in

Silent all these years, one of the biggest hits of her first solo album.

This year, Tori's published a new memoir slash manifesto called Resistance, a songwriter's

story of hope change and courage. Kristen, in a lot of ways, Resistance has defined her career

and what still endears her to fans. The kind of song she's written, the way she's played them,

and the politics they've given voice to have continually broken the rules of how female solo

artists are supposed to perform. And she's still breaking rules too. For one thing,

female solo artists are essentially put out to pasture at 35, but 56-year-old Tori is in her

cornwall recording barn working on a 16th album. Yeah, and even if you aren't a Tori head,

you've probably witnessed her pop cultural influence. Oh yeah, think of Lady Gaga's most avant-garde piano

performances, or Billie Eilish's anti-pop queen aesthetic. She's talked about how her daughter

Tash has even been like, Mom, they're cribbing your moves. Yeah, I mean, I really feel like Tori Amos

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