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

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" I see myself as no color. I can play the role of a man. I can paint my face white if I want to and play the role of white. I can play a green, I can be a purple. I think I have that kind of frame and that kind of attitude where I can play an animal. "

" It's important that the sexes understand each other. "

" 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. "

" My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic. "

" 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. "

" I loved all those classic figures from the '30s and '40s... Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Humphrey Bogart, Rita Hayworth. They had such glamour and style. I loved the movies of those times too - so much attention paid to details, lights, clothing, the way the studios would develop talent. "

" 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. "

" Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off. "

" I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes. "

" 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. "

" My mum was very glamorous, an incredible seamstress. She made up those Vogue, Givenchy and Yves St. Laurent patterns they used to sell. It was church couture, darling! Because my dad was a pastor, she could get away with more than other women. Her skirts were that bit tighter. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You don't do oysters and red wine together. That's a no-no; you just don't do that. I love a nice white wine with oysters. "

" I love women, but I've never had a relationship with a woman. "

" Use, don't abuse. "

" 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. "

" I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child. "

" Religion has stayed with me even though I rebelled. "

" This is what I would say to my pupil: 'You have become only your fame and left behind most of who you were. How are you going to deal with that? Will you lose that person forever? Have you become someone else without really knowing it? Do you always have to stay in character for people to like you? Do you know that you are in character?'. "

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

" My brother used to get beaten up all the time because he was very effeminate. "

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

" I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day. "

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

" The problem with the Dorises and the Nicki Minajes and Mileys is that they reach their goal very quickly. There is no long-term vision, and they forget that once you get into that whirlpool, then you have to fight the system that solidifies around you in order to keep being the outsider you claim you represent. "

" It's the nature of man to give and receive - to be man and woman, all in one. "

" Shock always sells. You know? But you could shock in good taste. "