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I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

I was a little girl who grew up idolizing musical-theatre stars.

I never dreamed of being a pop star when I was a child.

I didn't care about being the 'star.' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.

I never pushed to be a star. I didn't want to. I had my home, my family. Session work let you do the music and leave.

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a star. I didn't really know what all that meant. I didn't know.

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'

I don't know if I was a star. I was certainly working a lot and that was strange because there were good things about it and things that were difficult.

I'm the first has-been star singer ever to sing with the circus. I mean, Presley sang with the circus, but that was before he became a star.