“Maybe I’d be okay with being told what to do and how to do it if
i never got out of my town. Maybe I’d be okay with a man who wants to change me little by little to fit his bill. But I’ve gone through lonely, scary nights by myself. I’ve managed to look after myself, met too many kinds of people and formed bonds that I didn’t even know existed. I’ve made friendships and hurt when they broke, fell in love and out of it, moved in and out of places, found music that spoke to me, and a city that feels more like home than home itself.”