I was raised by a strong mother and I never felt like I had to be a role, you know, I was just me, who I am.

Dancin' in the welfare lines.

I had a terrible manager once who described my career as 'spiraling downward.

I think poetry is best read to oneself.

I've always had an active imagination.

I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background.

I never knew when I was gong to leave. I might be walking over to a kid's house, then of all a sudden I would just stick out my thumb and hitchhike across three states.