It was the Control album that was really about what I wanted to do.

I've always been a tomboy. I've always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.

In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.

I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.

It's very hard trying to have love and a career at the same time. For those who can, great, but I can't.

A lot of my friends they call me 'the therapist'. They come to me looking for advice. I must be doing something right because they keep coming back. But I'm not very good at kind of looking into my own world and trying to pick apart what is really wrong and fix those things. I like to kind of shy away from certain issues and turn away.

I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me.