We as human beings do this thing where we stuff down our feelings until they find a way to manifest themselves. We try to avoid them until there's no more room and they come bubbling up like a pot of boiling-hot water that overflows. And when it does, it burns.

Throughout my career I've always felt like certain things come to me at the right time.

I grew up in the Bronx where you would stay up late with your girlfriends, just being silly in our bedrooms, whatever. And I was always the clown.

When you're younger, you don't realize you have limitations and that you are the one who has to take care of yourself. Nobody else is going to do it for you. And so, with all of that time, maturity and realizations, I'm in a much better place to be the best that I've ever been and to continue growing as a person and as an artist.

I love working with the singers. I love just finding them.

For me, fashion is an expression of who I am right in that moment - so what you're seeing is what I'm influenced by now.

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.