Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her.

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.

People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate.

I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance.

There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place.