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I had some really incredible people who mentored me and gave me things I never got from my parents.

I think the kind of career I've had, something would have had to be sacrificed.

My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me.

I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.

I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

I don't think I've ever had a mentor. The closest thing is my friend Christopher Fowler, another writer. Chris kept me sane for a long time before I made it.

I'm not a person of mentors.

I always wish I'd had more mentors, better mentors, wiser mentors, people who were proper professional working musicians to guide me as I was coming up.

I was very fortunate to have some great mentors. A father that was always in my life set the example every day at home. Everybody asks me, 'What was your role model?' My role model slept 20 feet from me every night. I could always go talk to him and ask him questions no matter what it was about.

I wanted Lillian Hellman to be perfect because I wasn't perfect myself. I really wanted a mentor.