Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.

If you're frightened, you're out of luck.

Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.

Just because people don't meet you doesn't mean they're not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.

Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time - if not of my block - being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening... that's the art.