I look around at all the girl singers, and I think they're all my children... and they're all going to do this... And, yes, maybe I inspired them because I did get through a lot, and I did have the same problems that they're going to have. You do have to give up a lot for it.

Laura Furman, Rumours Exposed (2003: Citadel Press), ISBN 9780806524726, p. 6