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" Be like Sasha Fierce. Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna. I cannot be like them, except to the extent that they are already being like me. "

" Even though the agency kept me pretty busy, I auditioned for every play and film I could find. But they all wanted a black American sound, and I just didn't have it. Finally, I got tired of trotting around and took myself to Paris. "

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

" Fear is fear of fear, I think. "

" For me, a diva is like the great opera singer, the great film star - out of reach, in their own world, with a real gift for invention: attention-demanding performance artists with a flamboyant, compelling sense of their own importance so special and inimitable it verges on the alien. "

" Gaga came to me, and I just could not find a soul. I come from church; maybe that has something to do with it. I like to get to the soul of a person. I just didn't feel a soul. "

" 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. "

" Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you low self-esteem. You never get to reach that peak in your life. You should always be able to be yourself and be proud of yourself. "

" Human beings should stick together. Honestly, if I see a red-haired person with blue eyes now, I say, 'Is your granny black?' "

" I always had to mask my emotions. I could never show that I missed my mom or my dad, especially when they moved to America. My grandparents were tough. I was not allowed to receive letters that had not been read before. Everything was controlled - everything! "

" I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it's like you're opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don't know who's going to come in that door. "

" I am an actress first, a singer second. "

" I am not a diva: I am a Jones. 'Diva' is so overused. Diva, icons, the whole thing, legends... To be a diva, what is that? "

" I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live. "

" I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up. "

" 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. "

" I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone. "

" I don't like people who hide things. "

" I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults. "

" I don't party now, and nobody really knows how to party with me anymore. So I stay in a lot. I really am a home person. "

" I don't take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt... I hate them. "

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

" I don't wear jewelry, so I wear furs. I don't have diamonds. "

" I feel feminine when I feel feminine. I feel masculine when I feel masculine. I am a role switcher. "

" If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline. "

" If you want me to work with you, then come with an idea. Come with music. "

" I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I'm not like a normal woman, that's for sure. "

" I had no childhood, really, so I imagined more than played, and that definitely led to my showbusiness image, the theatrics and the drama of my life. "

" I have been so copied by those people who have made fortunes that people assume I am that rich. But I did things for the excitement, the dare, the fact that it was new, not for the money. And too many times I was the first, not the beneficiary. "

" I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to lead me, but I follow it. "

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