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By the time I was a young man, I was pretty independent.

I was in high school, and when you get to be 14, 15, you start to feel a little more like your own person so that you can assert your adulthood a little bit.

At 16, I was more resilient and easygoing than I am now.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.

I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.

I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.

Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.

My kids learned to be independent.