Cotton is my life.

All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.

All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.

I don't think there's any accidents in my life.

All my life, I wanted to sound like myself. I never wanted to sound like anybody else.

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.