Somebody will come backstage and go, 'You saved me.' And I will have to say, 'Stop right there. You saved yourself.'

More from Tori Amos

• I have a love for shoes. I collect them. Race cars, paintings; those aren’t my thing. I just hang shoes on the wall. They’re architecture, you know?
• I love being in a skirt and boots. It goes back to the librarian-principal look. I like the idea of carrying books around in a skirt.
• I’m a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked.
• I'm really into moderation. Too much of anything will harm you in the end.
• I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can’t have the dream without the nightmare.
• The dark side is not something most people think is inside them.