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Growing up, my next door neighbor was my best friend and an only child too.

When I was a child, I wanted to be important.

I was friends with all different people and all different groups. And that led me to being friends with a few people who didn't even go to my school. Now I have the most amazing collection of friends of all ethnic backgrounds and upbringing and financial backgrounds.

At school, nobody thought I was smart and I became smart. Nobody wanted to be my friend and then I had lots of friends.

I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.

I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.

Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A musician playing guitar, I wanted to be a folk singer.

A lot of people that I've had around me have been my closest friends since junior high, back when we were exchanging each other's clothes, staying at each other's houses. That was before I had anything.

There was at time in my life where all I wanted was a relationship, and I thought that was the most important thing.