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I wanted to be famous, just to make the kids who'd laughed at me feel foolish. I wanted to be rich, so I'd never have to do the awful work my mother did and live at the bottom of the barrel--ever. And I wanted to be a dancer because I loved to dance... Maybe the illusions, the daydreams, made life more tolerable, but I always knew, whether I was in school or working in some damned dime store, that I'd make it. Funny, but I never had any ambition whatsoever to become an actress.
But I like being bad too. That's me. What can I do? I don't care. I came from shit. I came from nothing. I picked berries. I was a stripper - in bad bars. I'm happy and lucky to be doing what I'm doing now. Very lucky. I'll take the crap. I'll make it easier for the next one down the line. It wasn't as hard for Duff as it was for Chrissie Hynde and Joan Jett. And it wasn't as hard for them as it was for Janis Joplin. And it wasn't as hard for Janis Joplin as it was for me. When you're working class and you come from crap, man or woman, it's a hard road.

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