I'm The Queen Of Festivities, That's All

So Many I Considered, Closest To Me,turned On A Dime And Sold Me Out Dutifully,although That Knife Was Chipping Away At Me,they Turned Their Eyes Away And Went Home To Sleep.

Basically, I Started Singing When I Started Talking. Music Has Just Been My Saving Grace My Whole Life.

I Didn't Have A Strong Male Figure In My Life On A Day-to-day Basis. So I Think That Whole [marriage] Situation, A Lot Of It Stems From A Place Where I Was Out There Alone As A Really And I Always Felt Like The Rug Could Be Pulled Out From Under Me.

It Seems As Though I've Always Been,somebody Outside Looking In,well, Here I Am For All Of Them To Bleed,but They Can't Take My Heart From Me,and They Can't Bring Me To My Knees,they'll Never Know The Real Me.

We've All Been Influenced By Other People...if Minnie Riperton Never Existed, Would I Have Even Thought Of Singing In That (upper) Register? I Doubt It.