57 - North Carolina, Tori Amos
Bringing up one of the singers of my young adult life ... college would not have been the same without Tori Amos. North Carolina adopted the Nineteenth Amendment into their constitution on May 6, 1971. Tori Amos was born to play and write music. She was replaying songs at the age of 2 after only needing to hear them one time, and composing music by the age of 3. Her honed ear was able to replay songs after hearing them one time. She describes feeling music as seeing a “light filament” when it has come clear to her. The chord progressions provide a “kaleidoscope” of images, and the more she focused, the more detailed the light became. At five she was admitted to the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins where she studied until she was 11. Her “rebellion” of traditional music had her dismissed from the program, and she went her own way. She began performing in bars and venues with her father’s support at thirteen, and by 1979 she began her career with her band “Y Kant