The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

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