Everything has to be in good condition, nothing dirty or stained, ... There's much more than we expected – the people just keep coming.

I expected to be in good condition,

Just getting your name in the papers and having people talk about you is not always a good thing.

There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become musicians, to become actors.

We all expected more, to go farther than this. It's happened. There's nothing we can do about it.

It wasn't until later when people became aware of my writing that I would hear begrudgingly, 'You know, you really are a pretty good singer, I guess.'