Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.

I'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person.

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

I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.

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.

Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do this for your life or it will devour you.'

I didn't think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.