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

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

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

I like working until the morning, so I can see the day and then I like to go to sleep and then get up before sunset. But I love the energy of the morning.

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.

Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.

Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it's just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I've found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.