I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I'm not happy doing.

When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.

In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak.

I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.

I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go.

We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.

Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.