I didn't go out looking for fights as a kid, but if it was necessary, I'd fight. Fighting was a daily thing where we lived.

When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more useful than I'd ever felt before.

How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective.

I was the oldest child, and both my parents worked, so I had a great deal of responsibility from a very young age.

You have to defend your honor. And your family.

It's striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing.

I wasn't afraid of going places or doing new things. I would do just about anything or go anywhere. I'd get a notion in my mind and just follow it.