Life was too easy in a sense. You don't write hits driving around in a limo drinking champagne, kinda need to experience real life first. Maybe Ben was partly giving her that but being part of a certain religious organization wasn't a good thing at all. Getting out of Elvis's shadow? Well, it's possible if you do something completely different. There are people who have succeeded, Jean-Michel Jarre being one. I can see Wolfgang Van Halen becoming very successful on his own, he doesn't need to be compared to his dad. Of course there are other career paths but what if you're only talented in the one thing your parent was? Then it gets tricky.
Speaking of Riley, just watched a trailer of a new series she's starring in and she was singing in it. Sounded like her mom.