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I grew up in a very conservative home.

I was never a very convincing social conservative, and always avoided associating myself with that part of the broader conservative movement.

As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider.

People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.

If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.

I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.

In my late 20s, I realized that I had a very clear social conscience and strong opinions about things like diversity, equality, and education, and while I tried to become more politically literate, I just couldn't catch on. It felt like I had walked into a movie that had already started, and no one would explain what had happened.

I was a conservative kid, but I had fun. I was in a fraternity and stuff. I wasn't a player - that's for sure.