Susan Alexander

"The truth is, I was always looking for a way out."

"Real courage is choosing yourself, even if it means losing everything."

"I think the greatest tragedy is a life unlived."

"I was a singer, you know. A real singer."

"He never gave me anything I really wanted."

"I wish I could go back and do it all differently."

"Nobody ever listens to me."

"I just wanted to be happy."

"He built me a palace and left me in it."

"I was good enough to perform on stage, wasn't I?"

"They said I had no talent, but I tried."

"Money can't buy you a voice you don't have."

"He wanted to make me a star, but I never wanted that."

"I felt like a prisoner in my own home."

"Everyone was always watching, always judging."

"I just wanted someone to believe in me."

"The applause was terrible, I knew it."

"He controlled everything about my life."

"I didn't ask for any of this."

"Singing made me feel alive, even when I wasn't good."

"I was so young and so foolish."

"He promised me the world, but gave me loneliness."

"I could have been someone different."

"The critics were cruel, but they were right."

"I wanted to run away so many times."

"Nobody taught me how to be strong."

"I tried my best, even though I failed."

"That house was like a tomb."

"He loved me, but not in the way I needed."

"I was just a small-town girl."