A Parent That's Upset Or Resentful Is

Everything That An Artist Does Is A Risk. Some People Want You To Stay The Same. If You Want To Evolve, They Want To Keep You In A Certain Place.

The Last Thing I Wanted To Do Was Put Politics Into My Music... Because Music Was My Escape.

[my Mother] Closed The School The Next Day [after A Visit From Castro's Soldiers], Because She Knew That The Purpose Of Education Was The Broadening And Opening Of Children's Minds. And She Couldn't Be A Party To The Systematic Closing Of Minds, Borders, Freedoms And Ideals.

It's Very Tough For A Woman In The Music Business, And He Really Was Such A Motivator From The Beginning, When I Was Super-shy, And He Saw A Lot In Me On A Personal Level That He Knew Could Carry Through On The Stage.

I Was A Straight-a Student, Baby!