Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.

You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.

I only watch MSNBC for the news.

At an early age I discovered the beauty in pictures in 'Vogue' magazine and Ebony magazine, and I would read 'The New York Times.' I had to make my own world within my world because I was an only child.

When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes; nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services.

I'm usually at home and in bed by 10 o'clock. I do not want to be out at anybody's New Year's Eve party.

Some days are good; some days are not so good. Some days are really exciting. Some days are just tedious. You just have to get up out of bed.