I thought I'd take style to its limit... My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.

Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.

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

I'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.

There're lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I've got to make a record with my mother's voice on it. She sings a lyric soprano. We do the opposite. I'm a baritone. She's a star singer in her church. She always does her solo.

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.

We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.