When You Start In That [model] Business

I Like To Isolate Myself When I Work Because I End Up Losing My Voice By Doing Interviews All Day.

Women And Men Grow Up With Both Sexes. Our Mothers And Fathers Mean A Lot To Us, So It's Just A Question Of Finding A Balance Between Their Influences. I've Found Mine. And It Tends To Be More On The Male Side. I Mean Male Side The Way We Understand It In The West.

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.

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.

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.