The happiest moments of my childhood were spent on my grandmother's front porch in Durham, N.C., or at her sister's farmhouse in Orange County, where chickens paraded outside the kitchen's screen door and hams were cured in the smokehouse.

Luxury is...to be able to take control of one's life, health, and the pursuit of happiness in a way that is joyful.

I love people - it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love.

Snooki and Honey Boo Boo. These are big celebrities in the U.S. You want to throw up.

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.

You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize that fashion is not the endgame.

Reality TV, although I'm a part of it, I think reality TV is a terrible thing.