Courtney Love, roughly 18 years old, lived on fresh fruit and sushi, and stripped at night using the name ‘Crystal’ in Taiwan, ca. 1983.
“I was working at a dance hall in Taiwan, trying to earn money, so I could afford an apartment in San Francisco. I was utterly broke, so I was sleeping in a bed with a bunch of Brazilian dancers. I got crabs, and I had to get up every night to dance to Gloria Gaynor and Billy Idol’s ‘Rebel, Rebel.’ After a while, I was like, ‘Get me the fuck out of here.’ All these other dancers were constantly nodding out. We all had to wear numbers on our dress. But I had no money, and they were holding my passport, so I was kind of stuck.”
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