I think it's always hard for children to talk about abuse because it is only memory. I didn't carry around a tape recorder … I didn't chisel anything in stone … Anybody can look and say, 'Well how do you know for sure?' And that's one of the most painful things about it. You don't.

I'm always honest, whether I'm in the limelight or not.

He raped me … he fondled me, he put me on all fours, and had sex with me.

When you are coming out, you say it's for you. But when everybody says it's not OK, it becomes about that rather than about you. It disappointed me.

Some people like to hear and not see, so we have the radio. There are so many different ways that we can get and participate in the arts.

Human behavior is so intriguing. I find myself giving thumbs up signs all the time. I know I look like an absolute dork, but I do it anyway.

We do not fall in love with the package of the person, we fall in love with the inside of a person.