My mother never really thought I could become anything.
It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman.
I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.
. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive to a negative.
No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.