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When I was fourteen, I was one of those kids who wore all black because it matched everything. Seriously.

I went to a Catholic high school, and I was super rebellious. I would dress weird or play jazz. I was definitely pushing against whatever was going on.

When I was a kid, I always wanted to dye my hair crazy colors.

I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.

I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.

I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.

Everyone always asks, 'Did you ever rebel? Did you dye your hair blue? Did you wear black nail polish?' I mean, of course, there have been episodes when you wear weird-colored lipstick... But generally, I think I was pretty much the way I am now.

I was a rebellious adolescent. It was the '60s. Everyone was rebellious. I hated high school.

I definitely wasn't cool in high school. I really wasn't. I did belong to many of the clubs and was in leadership on yearbook and did the musical theater route, so I had friends in all areas. But I certainly did not know what to wear, did not know how to do my hair, all those things.

I was a sullen kid who smoked cigarettes and wore black every day, and I went to a school that was lacrosse players and Izods.