I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child.

I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to lead me, but I follow it.

If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline.

I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.

I've had more misrepresentations than I can handle, and people have told the wickedest lies about me. A lot of them have taken their frustrations out on me, and I don't like that because it can wound. Not necessarily me, but those around me. Journalists can be so bad.

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

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.