I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

I don't think people should do biopics of living people. I'm totally opposed to that.

I hadn't performed or been in the public eye for about 16 years. When my husband passed away, I was obliged to go back to work to take care of our kids. I also wanted to do a record in memory of him. So we did Gone Again. During that process, I had to be photographed and had to go back to doing articles and interviews.

I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.

One of my great goals when I first started taking photographs or showing them publicly is that people might want one for over their desk. That's my goal.

Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me.

I was so involved in my boy-rhythms that I never came to grips with the fact that I was a girl. I was twelve years old when my mother took me inside and said, "You can't be outside wrestling without a T-shirt on." It was a trauma.