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All I can say is that I had an extraordinary childhood.

I was a very unique child.

Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids.

My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.

I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of a rougher existence early on, it made me appreciate the work ethic that my grandparents instilled in me.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

I was a regular kid with a normal family life.

Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.

I was always different from all the other kids, and I was doing things that nobody else did or seemed to have any interest in.

I think everybody had difficulties with that dynamic, turning the family into a band and being constantly together. So everybody, as individuals. had things to sort out.