Laverne Cox

Did Walkmans even exist?

We couldn't afford one if they did.

The music was in my head and the groove was in the heart.

And actually, in the supermarkets, they would play music.

And I remember loving TV show themes.

I would learn the worst TV show themes and sing along and dance to them.

So there was always a song and a rhythm and then a character and movement.

And it was so amazing that I got to do that.

that I had that, that I could go there.

And then when I discovered that you could study dance, I was like, I want to take dance classes.

I want to take dance classes at five years old.

And I won't give away that moment from the book.

It's a little humorous moment about that.

But finally in third grade, I got to start studying dance.

And that really, that was the best thing ever for me.

Yeah, that was certainly a moment.

So we had gone to Six Flags on a church trip and I had some spending money and bought a handheld fan at the gift shop at Six Flags.

And as the women in church would fan themselves and as Scarlett O'Hara would fan herself, I had seen Gone with the Wind on television.

It seemed like it was always on in Alabama.

Go figure.