Hey, maybe I can sing locally and earn a couple of bucks.

It's kind of condoned in our society: There are things that an abusive mate could get away with with their partner that they could not with a stranger.

Hey, maybe I can sing locally and earn a couple of bucks.

In an abusive relationship - we'll talk about men and women - women are often restrained, by words or out of fear, from leaving. They will tolerate abuse up to and including being put to death.

You have to be willing to look a certain way, and hold your body a certain way, until you get to where you want to go - I'm talking about musically, now.

I often compare singing to lovemaking because there's so many similarities.

I just love music. I love all kinds of music, and I was exposed to it, me and my siblings, from the time we were in utero.