My father came from an intellectual and studious avenue as opposed to a brawler's avenue. So I had to go further afield and I brought all kinds of unscrupulous oiks back home - earless, toothless vagabonds - to teach me the arts of the old bagarre.
“A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.”
“People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singer.”