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" I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told. "

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" I was born into a very religious family where everything was about setting the right example for the community and having to obey orders blindly. I felt that everyone was growing up in the world, except me. This is probably one of the reasons why I had such a rebellious attitude towards any form of authority. "

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

" 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 only move forwards, never backwards, darling. "

" I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go. "

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

" Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay. "

" Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fear is fear of fear, I think. "

" I've changed. I'm not worried about what people think, because I think people think what they want to think anyway. "

" More having to do whatever anybody said you had to do. I couldn't really do anything on my own. But as I got older and then came to America and then Grace became my name, it somehow freed me. All of a sudden, I can be this other person. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality - so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident. "

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

" I'm not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn't like what they were saying. Just lash out. 'Bam - shut up! Hahahah!' I was terrible. "

" My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image. "

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

" Listen to my advice; I have some experience. In a way, it is me being a teacher, which is what I wanted to be. I still feel I could go into teaching. What is teaching but passing on your knowledge to those who are at the beginning? Some people are born with that gift. "

" 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. "

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

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