#mark hawley

[afterthepink]

Tori, Phil Shenale and Mark Hawley at Air Studios in London during the orchestral recording of 'Marianne.'  Photo by: Marta Woodhull, 1995

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[torispokenword]

I had my beady eye on his calves as he walked around in shorts and Caterpillar boots. I knew my world was going to turn upside down. I was about to buy a house with another guy when I saw him walk in the room. I was at the piano and a whole group of people walked in and I saw him, and my heart stopped. I called one of my friends and she said: ‘Girl, it’s over for you. If you buy that house, keep the receipt.’ Then my thing fell apart and his fell apart, all without me saying anything. And finally, we were at the same place at the same time.

Tori Amos, metro.co.uk - September 2011

[torispokenword]

I came out to the sound desk, and I brought a cup of tea, and I said, "Okay, so well." He said, "Yes" in his British accent. "Is there something I can do for you?" And I'm thinking oh. And I said, "Well I think it's only fair that you know that I have a crush on you." And he said, "Well." He was taken aback, and he said, "From where I come from, then I would say what about a date? That would be the next step."

Tori Amos, interview with Perez Hilton - September 2011

[torispokenword]

Since we first started dating in 1994, my husband [a sound engineer] and I have had this culinary adventure, exploring different restaurants around the world, on "non-show days". It's part of the romance and it's "our time". Although our daughter Tash often accompanies us. We brought her to Le Caprice as a baby. She was loving mussels escargot at two.

Tori Amos, The Guardian (UK) - October 2011

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[torispokenword]

Mark had just lost his father. The two were very close, because Mark was an only-son. Before the death of my father-in-law they talked on the phone everyday. His father fooled us into believing he was getting better. He had cancer and one day he was just dead. It was a shock for Mark, because he had really believed it got better. They had already made plans for his father to come to visit us in the USA. He had never been there. After the old man had died my relationship with Mark got very difficult. He was inconsolable. You can’t do much for somebody who has lost the most important person in his life. I often held him in my arms and took long walks with him. I was just there for him a lot. But I never really got through to him. I still have my mother and my father so I didn’t have the experience. I only reached him with A Thousand Oceans.

- Tori Amos