Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is classically trained and has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Amos began composing instrumental piano pieces at a young age and won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University when she was five, becoming the youngest person admitted. She left the institute at eleven after her scholarship was discontinued.

In the 1980s, Amos