Disco existed before we were all born and will exist afterwards. It is a ritual - it is a celebration - and it is the same kind of music that we call disco or rock'n'roll or a whole list of names that we can call it. Call it what you will, nothing will change the fact that certain kinds of music will make you want to celebrate or party.

I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.

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

I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.

When I started modelling, I'd raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don't have to do much to have muscles. It's just genetic.

Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.

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