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"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."
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"I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever."

"Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star."

"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."

"I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!"

"Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl."

"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."

"I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far."

"We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up."

"I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual."

"Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times."
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"Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie."

"It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen."

"We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle."

"I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have."
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