I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry.

All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.

It seems like I don't have a lot of time for all the things I need to do. I'm spreading myself fairly thin. I have responsibilities to my children. I have a big staff that works for me. And when you have a staff, and I'm sure you know this, you're always concerned with everybody's life all the time.

I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.

I don't care about vacations. I go away and I come back real quick because I like my work. I really like my work to consume me.

My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.

I have such memories; I keep thinking about all the people I worked with. I was in the recording studio and I was talking to one of the engineers who is 24 and they don't know these people. They just absolutely don't know the people and it just tickles me. I don't feel like I've grown up.