Well, I was born and raised in Hollywood, California. Both parents are still happily married and having sex. Mom's a hippie. Dad's a conservative, kinda like "Darma and Greg." Mom didn't let me eat sugar so I snook it every chance I could.

The corner liquor store was the hang out spot, where I was playing video games when school was out, scraping change from the couch cushions to buy Ho Hos and ice cream bars. When I was in school I wasn't really there. I was always staring out the windows and when the teacher would call me, I never knew the answer, but I could tell you who had a crush on who, and who skipped school. I skipped school as much as possible without gettin' expelled. I never thought about consequences... I still dont. Instead of reading books, I watched t.v. I loved shows about anything western, farm-like, or rebellious! like: Dukes of Hazzard and Little House on the Prairie... oh, and Scooby Doo. I always longed for the country as a child, but the corner Liquor store would have to do.

The first time I thought about music, or music was in my shoes, was at a school talent show thing. Remember Tiffany? The pop singer? Well, she was real big at the time and I knew all the words to "I Think We're Alone Now." Remember that song? I talked my friend Noel into singing it with me and right before the curtain went up she bailed on me, so I said "I'll do it myself," I walked on stage and all my friends were giggling and pointing at me. I don't remember singing it; I just closed my eyes and belted it. When it was over, all the teachers rushed up to me and said "Molly!" and after that, in the back of my mind, I thought maybe I might be a singer someday.

Mom and Dad moved a lot. I went to like 7 different schools and eventually dropped out to hang out and ride horses with my best friend. My best friend's Mom had a guitar and I'll never forget the first time she sang a song for us kids. We were all sittin' on the bed... it made me cry, it was so intimate and sweet. She played a Cat Stevens song, "Where do the Children Play." I asked her to teach me to play. I stumbled with the guitar for a few hours till I could hold the strings down right and I wrote a song that day called "Little Girl." I sang it for her and she was the first one to encourage me as a songwriter. I've been writing ever since. Writing for me is my Partner, my Priest, my Sanity. The paper is my best friend and when I write I feel relived.

I spent most of my life doing nothing really, just what I wanted, wherever the day took me. It wasn't till a trip to Ireland, at the Cliffs of Moher, that I said "I am going for it, I'm gonna sing." While all the tourists were snapping pictures I was singing with an Irish peddler "Oh Danny Boy." He said I could sing with him anytime.

When I thought about my life and writing a biography, I thought I didn't have anything to write about. I've always just done my own thang. I guess I coulda said that and saved you all this reading.