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

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.

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

I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go.

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

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.