My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.
As for plenty, we had not only for necessity, conveniency and decency, but for delight and pleasure to superfluity.
On my first album I was wearing a lot of guys pants, baggy clothes and stuff like that. I was 17 and I was a little tomboy. And you would never see me wearing a dress or heels on my first record.