i have only ever really wanted to sing and entertain, but i have been at war with myself over it. i remember being a six year old, knowing i wanted to be a singer, but feeling a BURNING in my chest because someday i would have to TELL somebody. i think i've always felt wrong. my father is a scientist, and had thwarted literary dreams. i have six older brothers, and anything delicate or weak was CRUSHED. CRUSHED. tennessee williams could have grown up in my house (well, he almost did...several blocks away actually) so, i have always been the fugitive kind. a telling little anecdote: i had a dance teacher, miss cecile heinz, when i was about 6 years old and she was fab. she wore these wondrous grecian outfits, or leopard print little skirts and leotards, etc anyway--she would give us lots of little tsotchkes for holidays and one day she offerred us stickers of leo the lion (remember that cartoon?) well, i really wanted the purple one, but i didn't pick it. i dictinctly remember choosing the pink one -- i didn't want anyone to know that i really liked the purple -- and pink was nice enough and people would expect me to pick that one. i actually remember having those thoughts. sad, actually. so, i grew up acting but not singing until a number of years ago.
Mind is Mantra.
Updated On: 1/19/06 at 02:29 PM