As I Grew Up, One Of My

I Knew If I Lived Long Enough I Would Be Poet Laureate Of Something.

I Love Being Alive. I Like Being A Human Being.

I'm A Total Failure At Housewifery. I Always Have Been, 'cause I Daydream Too Much. If I Start Doing The Dishes At One In The Afternoon, I'll Still Be There At Six In The Evening.

People Came At Me With All Sorts Of Offers, Wanting To Make Me Into A Hard-core Cher. I Had No Desire For Any Amount Of Money To Be Reformed For Someone's Vision, Because In The End, That's What You Got: Your Clay In Someone Else's Hands.

Toyland, Toyland . . . Once You Pass Its Portals You May Never Return Again.