[on the stress of performing:] "I could get attention a lot of other
ways. Easier ways. It's so painful. I don't want to perform. Every
time, I say, 'Why am I doing this, why didn't I become a veterinarian,
why didn't I go the easy way out?' . . . I feel that I have to do it
because I don't see many other people who are capable of doing it. I
feel that it's my responsibility."