Without Shania Twain, there might well have been no Taylor Swift. Then came what Twain calls “the madness”, which was by no means restricted to the Lyme disease and voice loss. To say Twain had a traumatic childhood is an understatement. But when I speak to myself I say Eilleen: ‘Come on, Eilleen!’” Eilleen seems very different from Shania, I say. “Don’t say the name; you can say ‘cunt’.” She roars with laughter, then tells herself off.

Source: The Guardian April 22, 2018 15:03 UTC