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.

Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.

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

Whatever; bling always has something to hide.

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

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

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.