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List Price: $15.95 | | Publisher: Broadway
Salesrank: 403886
Released: January 10, 2006 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
From her critically acclaimed 1992 debut, Little Earthquakes, to the recent hit, Scarlet’s Walk, Tori Amos has been a formidable force in contemporary music, with one of the most dedicated fan bases in the industry. In Tori Amos: Piece by Piece, the singer herself takes readers beyond the mere facts, explaining the specifics of her creative process—how her songs go from ideas and melodies to recordings and passionately performed concert pieces.
Written with acclaimed music journalist Ann Powers, Tori Amos: Piece by Piece is a firsthand account of the most intricate and intimate details of Amos’s life as both a private individual and a very public performing musician. In passionate and informative prose, Amos explains how her songs come to her and how she records and then performs them for audiences everywhere, all the while connecting with listeners across the world and maintaining her own family life (which includes raising a young daughter). But it is also much more, a verbal collage made by two strong female voices – and the voices of those closest to Amos—that calls upon genealogy, myth, and folklore to express Amos’s unique and fascinating personal history. In short, we see the pieces that make up – as Amos herself puts it—“the woman we call Tori.”
With photos taken especially for this book by the photographer Loren Haynes, Tori Amos: Piece by Piece is a rare treat for both Tori listeners and newcomers alike, a look into the heart and mind of an extraordinary musician.
Tori Amos: Piece by Piece Reviews:
oral narrative 
2009-10-14 - Tori's oral narrative of her history, her family story, her personal struggles a few hearty laughs. A fun read!
Found it great 
2009-08-26 - This book is helpful for any fan of Amos to understand the roots and foundation of her music. I enjoyed reading it and putting the pieces together! I recommend any fan Of Amos to read this one.
~aLiSha~
a tori amos book 
2009-04-18 - Tori Amos:piece by piece a great book nearly as beautiful as Tori herself!
Wife 
2009-01-11 - This was for the wife and she has read and read this as well as the other book Tori has put out.
Tori-iffic! 
2007-09-28 - Tori Amos is an amazing person. The book is a glimpse inside her head. It is purely phenominal the way she thinks, writes, and creates. She has an interesting family history that shapes how she creates, and her drive for knowledge is astounding. Reading her autobiography makes me want to be a more creative person. I want to learn and study everything. She is a very inspirational person.