Tori Amos

Romance is important to me, and to have a romance with your husband takes a bit of doing. The key is to make sure your partner misses you. That means you have to take yourself away.

Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.

Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30.

I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the musician is out there in full swing, the mother doesn't get switched off.

My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.

I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

I was very close to my mother as the youngest of three. She was my playmate.

My parents think I'm better under pressure.

There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine.

I don't feel I'm as good a mum as my mum was.

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

Being stylish is about enjoying your life and expressing yourself and your inner light.