I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record.

Even if the project requires you to have all the ducks in a line, I can't do that. I don't create way.

I imagine that when I am creating a song or a project or an album or putting some clothing together or cooking a meal, whatever it is, I don't really have a recipe. The fun part is to throw that big piece of clay in the middle of the table as hard as I can, and whatever shape it takes, that's what shape it takes, and then I start to carve away.

I'm learning from them! Everyone says that, but it's true. You learn more about yourself from them than from any other lesson.

I'm kind of a recluse when it comes to going outside.

What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that.

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