I Took It To Heart

He Was A First-time Nonviolent Possible Offender, ... And Under The Mandatory Minimums, He Was Put In Prison For 15 Years. Not Only Does The Punishment Not Fit The Crime, But The Mandatory Minimums Don't Give Judges Any Discretion To Look At The Background Of The Case, To Read Into The Specifics Of The Case. I Don't Know A Judge Who Really Is In Favor Of The Mandatory Minimums.

One Of The Things That Has Always Motivated Me To Write Is The Desire To Get It Out And Look At It In An Objective Way, So That It Doesn't Cause Me Any Serious Pain By Staying Inside.

I Had A Mastectomy In 1998, And Then Chemo.

I Always Sang Standards Because The Songs I Wrote For Myself Weren't As Easy To Sing.

As A Singer I Tried On All These Hats, These Voices, These Clothes, And Eventually Out Came Me.