Tori on Perez

Words can’t even describe!

Tori Amos, whom we worship, chats at length about Perezzzz in this new interview with Out magazine.

Here’s what they say:

Out: I know Perez Hilton is a big fan of yours — is the feeling mutual? Do you think he and his cohorts work for the forces of good or the forces of evil?
Tori: I don’t go on the website all the time because I’d never get anything done if I did, and he knows that. But when the lights are off and you’re just sitting and talking to him he’s a wonderful force.

So you two are friends?
We├óΓé¼Γäóre acquaintances. We├óΓé¼Γäóve met. I think he can have a very sharp blade — there├óΓé¼Γäós no question about that. And there├óΓé¼Γäós a persona there — that├óΓé¼Γäós why somebody like that becomes bigger than life by talking about what other people are doing. That is his art form — talking about what other people are doing. Now when you do that, you can├óΓé¼Γäót always be complimentary or it├óΓé¼Γäós not sustainable. There is no career there. So if you├óΓé¼Γäóre one of the sacrifices along the way, it can├óΓé¼Γäót feel good. It just can├óΓé¼Γäót. But I think that if he weren├óΓé¼Γäót doing it somebody else would be doing it. There├óΓé¼Γäós always going to be somebody who├óΓé¼Γäós commenting on celebrities.

And there’s something about his particular brand of panache or style that you can get behind?
I think he├óΓé¼Γäós funny, but more than that, he├óΓé¼Γäós very smart. He├óΓé¼Γäós scary smart. And that├óΓé¼Γäós why this is occurring — because he├óΓé¼Γäós extremely intelligent. No different than Brian — Marilyn Manson. I don├óΓé¼Γäót know him personally but I know people who├óΓé¼Γäóve worked with him. A highly intelligent individual that created Marilyn Manson, a very smart person. Sometimes people forget that when they talk about the panache — that sometimes really distracts, intentionally, and masks you from the mastermind. But there is a huge mastermind that lives in Perez. And some people would find that very calculating, but then anybody that├óΓé¼Γäós really good with concepts has to know that the concept is airtight. And if you have a good concept, you├óΓé¼Γäóll inspire hate as well as ecstasy. Because if it├óΓé¼Γäós just OK, nobody gets hard. It├óΓé¼Γäós just one of those things — it can occur while you├óΓé¼Γäóre at the dentist — it doesn├óΓé¼Γäót matter. But if it pushes those buttons in some way, then you have to know it├óΓé¼Γäós a fucking great concept but it might not be what the public wants all the time. That doesn├óΓé¼Γäót mean they├óΓé¼Γäóre right. When it comes to art, the public isn├óΓé¼Γäót always right. The public likes what they like for all kinds of reasons. And sometimes it├óΓé¼Γäós, ├óΓé¼┼ôIt├óΓé¼Γäós just because I want it this way!├óΓé¼┬¥ But that doesn├óΓé¼Γäót mean it├óΓé¼Γäós the most exciting choice.

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