Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.

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.

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.

When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character.

I'm still shocked every time I see snow. The first bit of snow each year... I stay up and I watch it. And then I go out and pick it up and eat it and move around in it.

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.