There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.