I Just Admire My Mother Very Much.

If You're Manic-depressive And You're Functioning In This World And Doing It All Well, I Think, Wow, You Should Be Proud Of Being Able To Say, This Is What I'm Getting Through Right Now.

Now I Say I'm A Diarist With An Explanation I'll Get Back To You On. Someday I May Try And Write In Memoir Form.

You Have To Constantly Arrange Yourself Around Them, And That Can Take Up A Lot Of Energy. I Mean, You Don't Go, "why Don't You Cook Dinner Tonight, Dear, For A Change, Instead Of Writing A Great Song?" I Loved What [paul Simon] Did With Words. But I Wanted To Do Some More Of That, Too.

Until Adolescence I Thought I Had The Best Mother In The World. Such A Graceful Mother. I Had This Fantasy That I Was The Wrong Daughter.

Believe Me, I Didn't Think There Was Some Princely Family I Belonged To.