Conversation so far:
What were the listeners views on Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billie Joe song?
Bobbie Gentry said that listeners named flowers, an engagement ring, a draft card, a bottle of LSD pills, and an aborted baby being impetus for Billie Joe's suicide.
What were some other views on Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billie Joe besides what listeners told Bobbie Gentry?
Fifty years ...we're no wiser as to why Billie Joe did what he did and in the context of the song and Gentry's intentions, that's just as it should be“

Question: What were the author views on the story?
Self-contained rewrite: What were Bobbie Gentry's views on the Ode to Billie Joe story?