I'm a product of its [american] teaching, of its thinking, of its -isms, of its religion, of its education. I am conditioned, raised and developed by America; I am America. And as it changes, my thoughts also change. Because no matter what I believe, what the powers-that-be believe will affect me.

Things are useless without practice.

Art is the absence of fear.

I don't require sex for happiness - I need companionship. I need a partner I can depend on, that I can love and grow with.

I try to be honest and I keep moving.

My girls are very fashionable. They have a very good eye for marrying style and fashion.

[Riccardo Tisci ] has an interesting approach to weaving the contemporary with the couture, and blending tribes and collections. It always seems to work.