Tori Amos: Piece by Piece by Tori Amos and Ann Powers

Started: 6/3/09
Finished: 6/7/09
Year: 2005
Pages: 350
Genre: Biography/autobiography
Grade: B+
Reason for reading: fan of Tori's, grabbed off the TBR pile.
Blurb (from book jacket): "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 folkore 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.'"
Opinion: An interesting look at how Tori's life in music has come about. I wasn't thrilled with how the book was organized but I did appreciate the work that both Tori Amos and Ann Powers put in creating this biography.