The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the time I was seven I was writing myself. I was a poet.
I was kind of reluctant to sing on the 'Housewives' because there are so many 'Housewives' that are singing that can't really sing. I didn't want to get out there and sing and not be taken seriously.
All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.