Holy Moly! Interview (May 20, 2009)

There were good people in the church, you know it and I know it, and sometimes I don’t think people hear that enough from me. They all hear me blast it. But there are some ladies who really made that lemon poppy seed cake with the right intentions.

Holy Moly! published this fun little interview last week, filled with questions you’re usually not going to see in most music journalism…but then, maybe music journalism needs more questions about
wizards transforming you into Britney Spears or Lindsey Lohan. Thanks to Felipe, James and Kate for the linkage!

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Daily Mail Interview (May 21, 2009)

Those songs were there to hold their hands out to me when I was at my lowest ebb. It was my way of turning a destructive situation into a positive one. My mantra has always been that the best way to beat hardship is with creativity.

So says Tori in an interview in last Thursday’s Daily Mail. In addition, she talks about her sense of humor, the impact of motherhood, and The Light Princess musical.

Thanks to Kushv, James, Lesley and Christoff for the tip!

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Associated Press Interview (May 21, 2009)

Power is kind of a central component for this record. How do we define it? And then how does our idea of what is a powerful man? I’ve been exploring that for years. But if we associate it with money and success, our world has turned upside down, and then a lot of people right now are not feeling very successful. But if you change the definition of what is power, somebody that is able to create even under adversity then power starts to redefine itself.

“This brief interview”: from the Associated Press in which Tori discusses her religious upbringing, her father and the new record will, no doubt, hit the wires soon and show up in countless newspapers and online media. Yahoo! was one of the first places to have it. Thanks to velvet for catching it!

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Drowned In Sound Interview (May 20, 2009)

I think that it was a really sexy idea, I thought, that to survive a time now [when] nothing’s abundant, everything is bleak, everybody’s pennypinching, that the way to survive destruction is to “out-create” it, so I think the idea was when everybody wants to take, “No, don’t don’t try to take – you give”

Drowned In sound has a new interview with Tori by Catherine AD in which they discuss the various themes of Abnormally Attracted to Sin — power, attraction, sin, sexuality and womanhood — in both great detail and in a tone that’s hasn’t really been touched upon in previous interviews.

While the interview on Drowned In Sound is abbreviated, the full transcript of their conversation can be found on Catherine AD’s MySpace blog.

Thanks to velvet for the link!

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Billboard Interview (May 19, 2009)

And when you’re changing the show every night, that means you can’t just sit back and do crack…

Good advice for all you wannabe rock gods and pop starlets taken from this article in Billboard where Tori addresses the upcoming tour. Probably not a bad idea if you plan on following her around on tour as well, now that we think about it.

Thanks to Chris M for the tip!

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New York Post Interview (May 17, 2009)

I’m fascinated by people’s definitions of sin. Sometimes I think the greatest sin is intolerance of other people’s choices. There isn’t the compassion and openness you think there would be in a spiritual belief system.

This short interview appeared in the May 17th edition of the New York Post. After talking at length about the song “Maybe California,” they move onto the album and her upbringing.

Thanks to franco franus for the link!

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London Paper Interview (May 18, 2009)

This is the difference when you’re a mid-20s minister’s kid and when you’re 45: you’ve slept with the devil more than once and you don’t have guilt because you understand the concept of Lucifer and damnation. What damnation, from whom? I’m more worried about the Earth deciding to kick us all off.

That quip is taken from a short interview in today’s free London Paper. (It’s so free, you can also find it online!) Tori and Malcolm Mackenzie chat about the new record, relationships, being a minister’s daughter (hence the quote above) and The Light Princess.

Thanks to kayduu and Mike S for letting us know!

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Herald Interview (May 14, 2009)

I wanted to look at how you can uncover what you believe in as a spiritual, sexual creature. You don’t need the approval of your family, or of their religion. You can think, ‘Wait a minute, I’m a spiritual being. Just because I like gold handcuffs doesn’t mean I’m not a spiritual being.’

Alan sent us a link to this interview with Tori that appeared in the May 14th edition of this Irish newspaper. In it, the usual topics of power and sex and spirituality, but they also discuss living in England and Ireland as well as her Dad’s latest pursuit: poetry!

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Independent Interview (May 15, 2009)

I said to [Doug Morris] ‘I’ll give you golden eggs — but let the goose fly. Don’t start getting me in a fucking pot of boiling water. I’m going to go mad’. And he laughed.

Velvet points us to Ireland’s Independent which published this short interview piece with Tori yesterday. In it, they discuss the genesis of the new record, the new joint venture with Universal Republic, the women behind “Ophelia,” and Ireland. Someone call Jim Edward’s and get us a table too!

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BlackBook.com Interview (May 15, 2009)

[Music is] how I deal with most things in life. Music is a world. I can be sitting in a room, dealing with this red-tape stuff that we all have to deal with, and another dimension opens, and I haven’t left the room, and music just comes as things that I’ve never heard before, or things from the past that almost open up my perspective.

Tori spoke with BlackBook magazine’s Eiseley Tauginas and the interview was posted on their website yesterday. In addition to discussing the new record, they also talk about Tash, religion and performing. Check it out!

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