I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama.

There are some family traditions I don't want my children to carry on.

My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on.

When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.

Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles.

My mom was a phoenix who always expected to rise again from the ashes of her latest disaster... She loved being Judy Garland.

A star needs all the rest she can get.