I think we [with Riccardo Tisci] share a sensibility about art - we pull from the ancient future.

When I get ready to do an album, that means I have something to say for the sake of words, and I listen back to all of the things I've been creating and pull things from out of the air to go with them. It's almost like I start creating the album before I even think about creating it.

I think giving is a blind act that should come from a part of me that sees no discrimination (that's why I called it "blind").

My mom was the Diana Ross of our clan. She was always up-to-date, and always knew what to do and what not to do in a fashion sense.

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

All the women in my family were very creative.

Because you're responsible for [children]. You are there to protect them, not possess them. I tell them, "Watch me and you might learn something."