I figured out how to set myself apart and create my own name and really figure out what that meant.

I had to be on my own, just so that I would not feel as alone. (p. 201).

I think it was in April that I sat down with the music producer and I said ‘Look, I want us to change the name because prior to that I had been in an all-female band called Amakhosikazi and the name was a project name.

It's really tough to make a name for yourself without compromising and without fitting yourself into a real specific mold. When I made the choice that I would be involved in every aspect of music and not necessarily make music for radio or MTV, I was saying, 'OK, this is me. You decide who it is.' "

Alone with myself and my talent, I chose it in some way I never had before. I chose myself also. The person I was and had been all along, the one who had not belonged to the place where she was born, nor to the places she found along the way, the one always under the mask, here she came out and breathed the air and felt at home. I had always believed that to be this person might destroy me or the world, and so as the world seemed to end, this made the end of the world seem nearly a paradise.

The chief thing was to select a name totally different from those under which he had hitherto written: so that when he used the name, he would feel like a different person, and in consequence write from a somewhat different angle. I have been told - by men who do not write - that this is all fanciful. This only means that they don't understand.

Yes, I decided. My name could be Fella. I could stay with this man. I could be his dog, do what he told me, go where he went. That was what I was supposed to do, wasn’t it? Stay with a person? I was pretty sure that was true. It felt right.

I went in search of myself.

I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always. From the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.

There’s another name I’m going to add in as well, which is Suzy, which I wanted to be since I was 10.
So I’m going to be Suzy Eddie Izzard, that’s how I’m going to roll, so people can choose what they want. They can’t make a mistake, they can’t go wrong.

I found I was really comfortable taking on a different personality. It saved me from myself, in a way.

I feel live I'm constantly evolving into my own voice.

I am become a name.

The song caught my fancy. The concept is unusual. I have always taken risks and done different things in my career.