tori speak

one: rape
“i was kidnapped and sexually violated. you feel like your boundaries have been crossed to such an extent that there is no law anymore, that there is no god. you feel like the mother in you will do anything to protect the child in you from being shredded before your eyes. you're thinking 'i gotta get out alive, i gotta get out alive.' with ‘me and a gun’, i hope that attackers as well as victims are listening. as well as judges, as well as lawyers. i want you to taste in the back of your mouth what it was like to be in the car with that pervert."

two: religion
"god is a misogynist. when you really spend time and look at things god said, if you have a brain on you, you've got to raise an eyebrow and say this god is a macho pig. i mean, if sylvester stallone said this stuff we'd be giving him a very hard time and he has said some of this stuff and we have given him a hard time -- he deserved it. but the point is the christian god hasn't honoured women. sorry, the cat's out of the bag and it's just not cool, so it's something we have to address..."

three: a female god
"that's why i sing ‘god, sometimes you just don't come through/ you need a woman to look after you.’ the god-force must be feminised, perceived more as a god-goddess. jesus, his mother, 'his church' all must be redefined. especially a figure like mary magdalene, who i and so many christian women were taught to despise, because she was a prostitute. because of that we had great problems coming to terms with the prostitute in ourselves, which again, is something the church teaches us to deny, and something my song, 'the wrong band' is about when i sing: 'ginger is always sincere/but not to one man.'”

four: britney spears
"right. then no man wants to fuck her anymore and also the urge of women to be just like her will dry up. then britney won't be of any use anymore, because she can't sing and she doesn't have anything to say either. and that's sad. mainly for her, though, because it must be frickin' scary to be so dependent on your looks. i sincerely hope in music a new generation of women will stand up that have something to say. it's about time."

five: for me
"i think you have to know who you are, get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it. i don't want to renounce my dark side. the truth has always held an enormous interest for me. everything is therapeutic, no matter what you do."