I would have never dreamed that my career would be this successful. I grew up in an average home in Barbados, and we didn't live in the best neighborhood. But I was never aware that we were poor; my mom never made us feel that way. She loved me unconditionally. She made us feel anything was possible and instilled in me such confidence.

Whatever it is, it feels like it's laughing at me Through the glass of a two-sided mirror.

I want to be the black Madonna.

You just want something else that someone else has, but that doesn't mean what you have isn't beautiful, because people always want what you have, and you always want what they have - no one is ever 100 per cent like, 'Yes, I'm the bomb dot com - from head to toe!'

The way I dress depends on how I feel. I never have to psych myself up. Usually it just feels like it works.

The more I swear I'm happy the more I'm feeling alone

Never a failure,always a lesson.