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.
There will always be a replacement coming along very soon – a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
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.
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That’s probably why it’s so scary, because they scared me.
I like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress up like my little brother. No makeup and I looked like a boy.
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 only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
That’s what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
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.
My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.