My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.

Years are not important, my dear.

I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.

It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.

I'm kind of a recluse.

You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.

My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.