Performing was easy because I believed that I could sing, but that was an outside thing.

I have a European Fanclub that's based in Holland, and I had to have that President of the Fanclub to get me a number of recordings that I hadn't had the foresight to collect myself.

That is what I liked about being on stage. I was comfortable there, and I could be myself with confidence.

So you're back from outer space.

I have been to more than 80 countries, and there is not one-not one-that I didn't have women coming up to me sharing stories of overcoming major abuse, a bad marriage turning good, etc.

The respect that you should have for one another-I never knew any of that. So I suffered.

Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a bit of Jazz and some Top 40 stuff.