Tori Amos

THE FIERCELY INDEPENDENT, FLAME-HAIRED SINGER MADE HER PROFESSIONAL DEBUT IN A GAY BAR AT THE AGE OF 13 — AND THE REST, AS THEY SAY, IS “HIS-TORI”

WORDS: SIMON BUTTON

THERE ARE POP STARS and then there’s Tori Amos: the singer-songwriter who doesn’t so much break moulds as refuse to go near them. None of her albums to date sound the same, no two of her live shows stick to the same play list, and The Light Princess — the 2013 National Theatre musical for which she wrote the music and lyrics — was an uncompromisingly feminist fairytale. Born Myra Ellen Amos, Tori has been doing things her way since winning a scholarship to a prestigious music school at the age of five, only to be expelled for playing by ear rather than learning to read music. She forged ties with the gay community after making her professional performing debut in a gay bar when she was just 13, and after a…

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Attitude (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2017

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