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.

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

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 like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.

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

My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

I don't take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt... I hate them.