My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did.

Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.

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

I'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person.

I believe in having certain releases, certain outlets. One has to indulge. If you don't indulge, you don't live -might as well be dead. I believe in indulging as a user and not as an abuser.

I'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.

I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live.