I always believed that I could make it or I would never have spent so many years trying to get here.

I wanted control over the merchandising, the actual packaging of the product. That was a big factor. The only way for me to exercise control on all those levels was to start my own label.

A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.

Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago.

If you had told me when I was 18 that I wouldn't have made it until I was 29, I would have said, Forget it.

I am woman, hear me roar.

I believe wholeheartedly in marriage. I don't exclusively mean a marriage with a legal contract, but any relationship that constitutes a marriage because of the quality of their relationship.