I've Never Had A Fear Of Traveling

The Word Reality Scared Me. I Just Looked At Reality As Everybody Follows Me Around With A Camera, And I'm Not That Kind Of Person. I Fought For My Privacy In England. And I Didn't See Another Way It Could Be Done.

You See All Races In Music, And In Dance And Theatre, So Why Can't We See It In Fashion?

I Started This Charity, Fashion For Relief, In 2005, After Hurricane Katrina Happened. New Orleans Was Actually The First Place I Visited In The United States. It Was One Of My First Big Jobs, A Shoot For British Elle. It Was April 14, 1986.

I'm Always Trying To Do The Impossible To Please People. It Comes From Not Being Secure In Myself And Not Looking At The Things Within I Have To Fix. Sometimes You Keep Going Because You Don't Want To Face The Truth.

Patrick Demarchelier Was The One Who Got Me My First Vogue Cover. It Was French Vogue - I Think In ’87 Or ’88. I Think I Was The First Black Model To Be On The Cover Of French Vogue, Which Was Shocking To Me Because When I Asked Them About It, They Were Like, "oh, No. We’ve Never Had That Before."