High school is a dark place; I hung out with ‘freaks.’
High school is a dark place; ...
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My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.
In 1971, Bossier City, Louisiana, there was a teenage girl who was pregnant with her second child. She was a high school dropout and a single mom, but somehow she managed to make a better life for herself and her children. She encouraged her kids to be creative, to work hard and to do something special. That girl is my mother and she's here tonight. And I just want to say, I love you, Mom. Thank you for teaching me to dream.
I don't know, when I was a kid, when I would see shows that changed my life, I would go to see shows where there was my mother taking us to see classic rock concerts, like Zeppelin, or when I saw Pink Floyd or when I saw, you know, when I was a little older, and I saw Nine Inch Nails, and I saw The Cure.
I was very much in my own world, never the popular kid. But I had a great family, a great brother and mother.
The challenges and how we deal with them: that's what defines us.
Problems don't define us; it's our ability to overcome and transform.
