I grew up in Denton, east Manchester, and was raised by my late father, Reg, a barber.

I belong to a family of boys who were raised in meager circumstances in central Kansas, and every one of us earned our way as we went along, and it never occurred to us that we were poor, but we were.

In the transformation from a rural to an urban society, children are - though they might not agree - robbed of the opportunity to do genuinely responsible work.

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.

I'm constantly in conflict with things. And it is because of my past and my upbringing and the journey that I've been on.

I never had, like, a nanny that took care of me. My mom always fed me breakfast, lunch, and dinner.