Fragrance takes you on a journey of time. You can walk down the street and pass someone and get taken back 20 years. It's very Proustian that way.

I'd quite like to have one place where I stay put. And I don't like living in cities all the time. In order to have ideas, you have to have some peace and quiet.

I know sometimes I can come off like a lonely spinster in a tower. That's not me at all.

Holding a note is a very difficult thing - you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch.

I spend a lot of time upside down. It increases the blood flow to the brain, so it really helps your creativity.

If I think about it too much, I can't get dressed.

In fashion, there are so many gangs, if you identify too much with one, you get caught - I would lose my freedom.