Her Father Was Both a Positive and Negative Influence
Her father’s perfectionism and her mother’s frustrations would sometimes end in food-throwing incidents, but not the fun “food fight!” kind. The food-throwing carried on into her, and even her brother Tom’s, adult lives. Dusty said how her father would call her ‘stupid and ugly,’ which sadly result in her harming herself.
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Although verbally and emotionally abusive, her father was a large part of her musical education. And while his perfectionism would drive her crazy, on the other hand, he was a natural music teacher. Dusty recalled how he would like to tap out rhythms on the back of her hand and urge her to guess what the song was. “The feelings of inadequacy followed me through my life,” Dusty later admitted.