Editing Tori Amos (section)

==Personal life==
Amos married English [[sound engineer]] Mark Hawley on February 22, 1998.{{r|Doyle (1998)}} They have one daughter, Natashya Lórien Hawley, born September 5, 2000. They live in [[Bude]], UK.

Amos's mother, Mary Ellen, died on May 11, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/port-st-lucie-fl/mary-ellen-copeland-amos-8710747|title=Mary Ellen Copeland Amos Obituary – Port St. Lucie, FL|website=Dignity Memorial|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref>

[[File:Neil Gaiman and Tori Amos - Comic Connections.webm|thumb|Amos appearing at a 2014 talk by [[Neil Gaiman]]]]

Early in her professional career, Amos befriended author [[Neil Gaiman]], who became a fan after she referred to him in the song "Tear in Your Hand" and also in print interviews.{{sfn|Rogers|1994|p=46}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/how-we-met-tori-amos-and-neil-gaiman-743901.html|title=How we met: Tori Amos and Neil Gaiman|date=October 10, 1999|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=November 28, 2019}}</ref> Although created before the two met, the character [[Delirium (DC Comics)|Delirium]] from Gaiman's ''[[The Sandman (comic book)|The Sandman]]'' series is inspired by Amos; Gaiman has stated that they "steal shamelessly from each other".{{sfn|Rogers|1994|p=48}} She wrote the foreword to his collection ''[[Death: The High Cost of Living]]''; he in turn wrote the introduction to ''[[Comic Book Tattoo]]''. Gaiman is godfather to her daughter, and a poem written for her birth, "Blueberry Girl", was published as a children's [[Blueberry Girl|book of the same name]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2009/03/15/2009-03-15_blueberry_girl_neil_gaimans_favor_for_fr.html |title='Blueberry Girl', Neil Gaiman's favor for friend Tori Amos, is now a sensation |access-date=December 1, 2009 |location=New York |newspaper=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]|first=Ethan |last=Sacks |date=March 15, 2009}}</ref> In 2019, Amos performed the British [[Standard (music)|standard]] "[[A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every song from S1E6 - Good Omens, "The Very Last Day Of The Rest Of Their Lives" |url=https://www.what-song.com/Tvshow/100441/Good-Omens/e/114666 |website=What Song |access-date=May 7, 2023}}</ref> over the closing credits of season one of Gaiman's TV series ''[[Good Omens (TV series)|Good Omens]]'', based on the [[Good Omens|novel of the same name]] written by Gaiman and [[Terry Pratchett]].

===Activism===
In June 1994, the [[Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network]] (RAINN), a toll-free help line in the US connecting callers with their local rape crisis center, was founded. Amos stated in a 1994 interview that she was raped at knife point when she was 22 and did not report the incident to the authorities.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jackson |first=Joe |title=The Hurt Inside |date=February 9, 1994 |magazine=[[Hot Press]] |url=http://www.hotpress.com/music/interviews/The-Hurt-Inside/479922.html |access-date=August 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160829002712/http://www.hotpress.com/music/interviews/The-Hurt-Inside/479922.html |archive-date=August 29, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> She answered the ceremonial first call to launch the hotline.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tori Amos Helps RAINN Celebrate 20 Years of Hope |date=August 15, 2014 |website=[[Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network]] |url=https://www.rainn.org/news/tori-amos-helps-rainn-celebrate-20-years-hope |access-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160829003002/https://www.rainn.org/news/tori-amos-helps-rainn-celebrate-20-years-hope |archive-date=August 29, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> She was the first national spokesperson for the organization and has continued to be closely associated with RAINN.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kangas |first=Chaz |title=Tori Amos to Celebrate Two Decades of RAINN |date=August 14, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/tori-amos-to-celebrate-two-decades-of-rainn-6596783 |access-date=August 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160829001654/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/tori-amos-to-celebrate-two-decades-of-rainn-6596783 |archive-date=August 29, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> On August 18, 2013, a concert in honor of her 50th birthday was held, an event which raised money for RAINN.<ref>{{cite news |title=Events and Entertainment Calendar |newspaper=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]|location=New York|url=http://events.nydailynews.com/new_york_ny/events/show/343156663-enid-ellen-presents-raisin-girl-a-50th-birthday-celebration-for-tori-amos|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130822172114/http://events.nydailynews.com/new_york_ny/events/show/343156663-enid-ellen-presents-raisin-girl-a-50th-birthday-celebration-for-tori-amos|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref> On August 22, 2020, Amos appeared on a panel called Artistry & Activism at the diversity and inclusion digital global conference CARLA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joey Soloway, Effie T. Brown, Tori Amos, and More Join Carla Diversity and Inclusion Conference|url=https://womenandhollywood.com/joey-soloway-effie-t-brown-tori-amos-and-more-join-carla-diversity-and-inclusion-conference/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=womenandhollywood.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=50 Ideas to Revolutionise the Film and TV Industry|url=https://www.carla2020.se/50-ideas-to-revolutionise-the-film-and-tv-industry/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Carla 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919205232/https://www.carla2020.se/50-ideas-to-revolutionise-the-film-and-tv-industry/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Relationship with Cherokee culture ===

Amos has frequently referred to Native American culture, history, and spirituality in her music and visual art, as well as making personal connections with the culture. She has spoken about ancestors on her mother's side she said were of [[Cherokee descent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/3287/tori-amos--piece-by-piece-by-tori-amos/9780307492043/excerpt |title=Excerpt From Tori Amos: Piece by Piece |publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |accessdate=2024-07-31}}</ref> 

Of particular importance to her as a child was her maternal grandfather, Calvin Clinton Copeland, whom she has cited as a great source of inspiration and guidance, offering a [[pantheistic]] spiritual alternative to her father and paternal grandmother's traditional Christianity.{{sfn|Amos|Powers|2005|p=20}} She has said her great-grandmother evaded the [[Trail of Tears]] by taking refuge in the [[Great Smoky Mountains]], her family's place of residence.<ref name="guard"/>{{sfn|Amos|Powers|2005|p=27}} Amos took a trip through the Smokies which formed the creative basis for her album ''Native Invader''.<ref name="cherokee">{{cite web |title=Tori Amos: 'Menopause is the hardest teacher I've met. Harder than fame' {{!}} Tori Amos {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/07/tori-amos-menopause-is-the-hardest-teacher-ive-met-harder-than-fame |website=The Guardian |date=September 7, 2017 |access-date=3 July 2023}}</ref> While talking to ''[[The Guardian]]'' about taking [[Ayahuasca]] and attending [[sweatlodge]] ceremonies with her sister, Amos has also said, "I'm not in a position to speak for First Nation people – that's a sacred task."<ref name="cherokee" />

===Legacy===
Artists who have been influenced and/or admire Amos's work include [[Alanis Morissette]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thedent.com/torialanis.html|title=Tori & Alanis: Their Comments On Each Other|website=thedent.com}}</ref> [[Amy Lee]] of [[Evanescence]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/qa-amy-lee-of-evanescence-188001/|title=Q&A: Amy Lee of Evanescence |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 1, 2004 |access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref> [[Olly Alexander]] of [[Years & Years]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.facebook.com/laterwithjoolsholland/videos/olly-alexander-chose-tori-amos-as-one-of-his-archive-picks/2819751208342344/?locale=ko_KR |title=Video |work=Facebook |date=March 27, 2021 |access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref> [[Justin Timberlake]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/69882-justin-timberlake-tells-tori-amos-little-earthquakes-changed-my-life/|title=Justin Timberlake Tells Tori Amos: "Little Earthquakes Changed My Life" |work=Pitchfork |date=November 17, 2016 |access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref> [[Olivia Rodrigo]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/olivia-rodrigo-philippines-tour-nineties-rock-interview-outtakes-1234823682/|title=Olivia Rodrigo Has an Idea for 'Barbie' Director Greta Gerwig |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 20, 2023 |access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref> [[Leighton Meester]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/leighton-meester-heartstrings-album-interview|title=Leighton Meester's Debut Album Will Honestly Blow You Away—Here's What She Told Us About Her Surprising New Sound |work=Teen Vogue |date=October 29, 2014 |access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref> and [[Jack Colwell]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Colwell |first1=Jack |title=Ears with Feet: Life Among the Tori Amos Super Fans |url=https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/ears-with-feet-life-among-the-tori-amos-super-fans/ |website=Kill Your Darlings |access-date=19 December 2024 |language=en-us}}</ref>