For me, becoming a celebrity was like being in the eye of a hurricane. Suddenly, I was an international cover girl. Everybody was lapping up my Hemingwayness. They wanted to rub elbows with me or brush up against me.

I loved to dance and went to Studio 54 at least twice a week. But I always felt nervous around the people there. I was in awe of that whole Halston-Liza Minnelli crowd. To me, they were the real celebrities, and I was just a girl from Idaho.

I am not a Hemingway aficionado.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?

In order to represent life on the stage, we must rub elbows with life, live ourselves.

This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.