I think I may have created a monster with my - I won't say act - but with my redneck pose.
At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people.
I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and explosive but if he taught me one thing it was to air my views.

