I have to work hard and organize myself so that I'm present and not a slacker.
It's painful to watch your parents not be in control of things.
Yeah. My singing and my songs were very influenced by all of that. People would come up to me and ask, Is that a Billie Holiday song? I'd say, No, it's my song. The lyrics would be in my style, but the songs would be very jazzy.
I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved
Not everything in the world is easy or powerful.
I'm much more drawn to fiction, to short stories, and to plays, than I am to diarists.