Being born in Jamaica, race was never an issue. It was always about the type of person I wanted to be, not the colour of my skin.

I think a part of being successful or trying to be successful is staying true to who you are. Be genuine.

Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.

I think when you are a cool guy but also a hot guy, that makes you even more sexy.

It is very important to me that my songs can sound amazing with a big band or orchestra, but just as powerful and touching with just me and my guitar.

I think on stage theres a side of me that comes out thats very fierce and confident.

Off stage, Im very quiet and very reserved and kind of shy.

I think a lot of my dreams have come true, and my next dream is to have a No. 1 selling album. A Grammy-award-winning album.

I want to make an album with just great beats and big vocals and just amazing lyrics.

The books, the authors who matter the most are those who speak to me and speak for me all those things about life I most need to hear as the confession of myself

I lay there knowing something eerie ties us to the world of animals. Sometimes the animals pull you backward into it. You share hunger and fear with them like salt in blood.

There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.

Nollywood is a genre, and not the entire Nigerian film industry.

I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.

I think it's really important to mix cardio with toning, so I love boxing and then add in Pilates or ballet to keep me long and lean and avoid bulking up.

A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.

Death's but one more to-morrow.

Be the fearless girl that everyone knows would dare to do anything.