A singer for me is more like someone who is standing alone with a microphone like Scott Walker, rather than someone who is bashing a plank and is spitting all over a microphone.

I think of someone like Mariah Carey as a singer.

Why are you standing over there alone? You look like a turd in a laundry basket.

We are not afraid of being isolated or standing alone,

You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.

And though, truly, she sometimes felt like something inside her had disappeared, it seemed that must be a natural part of growing up. Standing out too much made one feel too alone to do it forever.