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For a long time I thought I knew for sure who I was. I grew up in New Orleans and became a comedian. And there was everything that came along with that. The nightclubs. The smoking. The drinking. Then I turned 13.

Ellen DeGeneres
Drinking, New Orleans, Long
"What Ellen DeGeneres Knows for Sure (She Thinks)". O, The Oprah Magazine Interview, www.oprah.com. December 2009.
For a long time I thought I knew for sure who I was. I grew up in New Orleans and became a comedian. And there was everything that came along with that. The nightclubs. The smoking. The drinking. Then I turned 13.