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For Days On End, I Would Hardly Speak, And When I Did Only The Vilest Sort Of Gibberish Would Spout Forth. I Became Morose And Fat. Unapproachable, Except When Eating - And Then Only By Waiters.

People Put Barriers Up In Your Path, And One Of Those Barriers Is Age. They Tell You, "you're Too Old. You Don't Photograph So Well Anymore." I Know I Don't Photograph So Well Anymore, So What Can I Do? I Can Do Something Different, Where It Doesn't Matter As Much How I Look.

I Read A Comment That Made Me Think I Should Stop Singing For A While. And I Didn't Want To Stop Singing, Because It Was The Only Thing I Loved. At First I Thought, "maybe I'll Get Better And Eventually Please The Person Who Wrote About My Singing." But Then I Thought, "i Probably Will Never Please This Person. I Should Just Do What Pleases Me."

My Parents Taught Me: Do Not Rely On A Man. Not Rely On It That You Get Married And It Pays For You. That's What I Figured. I Have Always Paid My Own Bills.

When I Turned 50, I Threw Myself A Big Birthday Party, And I Looked Seriously At What My Life Has Been About. I Recommend This To Everybody. Ask Yourself, "what Have I Done? How Did I Do It? Where'd I Mess Up? Where Did I Do Well?" When I Did This Assessment Of My Life, I Said To Myself, "it Was Really Good." I Made A Lot Of People Laugh, Made A Lot Of People Cry In A Good Way, Brought A Lot Of Joy To People, Picked Up A Lot Of Garbage. And In All Those Years, I Saw A Lot. I Went To Foreign Lands. I Met Interesting People. And I Got It!