Nicole Richie Quotes

I believe that fashion is the ultimate form if self expression therefore it really depends on my mood.

I also feel that I have been very honest with my friends, my family and also with the public about the mistakes that I've made and the challenges that I've gone through.

I want to be happy and stable. My life is clearly going to slow down.

As for style, there is something about the way musicians dress-they seem to be able to create their own world within their fashion alone.

I like to sleep so much that I wake up exhausted from sleeping so hard.

I'm hugely inspired by music. I am a big listener of 60's and 70's classic rock. And i really just love the overall freedom of that time, of the late 60's and 70's. I love that you had so many different ways of expressing yourself, fashion was really one of them, the idea of clashing didn't exist, and people were using clothes as an opportunity to express who they were. That is inspiring to me - you could mix textiles, fabrics, you were 100% who you were, and that's where my main inspiration comes from.

I don't trust valets, waiters - nobody. I don't waste my time anymore trying to figure out who leaks things to the press.

I know I'm too thin right now, so I wouldn't want any young girl looking at me and saying, 'That's what I want to look like.'

This year has been full of lessons learned and soul searching and realizing I'm an adult. It's time to take responsibility and not take the easy way out.

I owe the baby my life. I owe this baby everything and I have a responsibility now.

Be kind to everybody, be grateful, say thank you everyday. My parents taught me well.

Pack an outfit to change into on the plane.

The early bird might catch the worm, but I bet it also needs a ton of under eye concealer

I will be really happy once I have done my jail time. I can start fresh.

It's very easy for me to say that I think everybody should just be treated how they're supposed to be treated and tattoos shouldn't come into play. But what if someone has an offensive throat tattoo that might affect someone's business? I am sure there are a lot of opportunities out there for everybody.

I feel great, very healthy and alive and really happy that I can remember yesterday and I can remember the day before.

It's not me that's obsessed with my weight, it's everyone else. I know that I'm healthy, so I don't really feel the need to answer to anyone. I've never substituted a meal for a salad in my life.

I wish everyone could hear the soundtrack for my life that I hear in my head.

True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.

People who try to be something they are not, the most attractive thing to me are people who are 100% authentically them. And I appreciate and actually always look for people that are different than me in friendships, because that helps me grow.

I've always been someone who's extremely relaxed in my everyday life. I'm not the girl who can wear awful seven-inch heels all night. I keep it simple - I consider myself to be a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl who just accessorizes a lot.

I grew up with him [Michael Jackson] and I've spent a lot of time at Neverland and nothing has ever happened with me in any way. You have to look at both sides. I do think it is very convenient that his album came out and all this stuff is happening. I definitely do think that's very convenient... It really hurts me to see that his whole life is ruined.

Australia is one of my favorite places in the world. I spend a lot of time there. And I find Sydney a lot like LA in some ways, and it's beautiful, great for kids, and I absolutely love it over there.

I'm a Virgo and the sign is a virgin. So when I was 16, I got the word virgin tattooed on my wrist, thinking I was sooo deep and cool. And now I just look really weird having virgin written across my wrist and I have to explain it.

I definitely wouldn't mind gaining a few more pounds at all.

It's hard for me to describe my own style because I'm me.

Always keep bobby pins on hand. It's amazing what you can do with those in a time crunch.

I tend to dress a little more sophisticated than most women do.

We are individuals. There's free will. There's timing. We can make the same things in totally different ways.

I am naturally a thin person and I am 5'1" and putting on five or 10 pounds, that looks like a lot on me.

I think it's extremely important to speak to the role of friendship in business. There's enough people talking about funding and capital. I want to talk about how important it is to surround yourself with people that have more experience than you, but also people that have different experience and interests than you.

Have a nice rest of your life.

It's hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.

'Fashion Star' has been an incredible platform to show America the amount of work and discussion that goes into each garment you see in a store.

You have to be comfortable in what you're wearing.

I mean I constantly had security guards around me when I was younger and I wasn't allowed to go to the mall with a lot of my friends and stuff like that. And so, when I finally was able to sneak out, I would just really, really take it to the next level.

I have to wear heels. There are some things that you just have to do.

I would say my biggest mentor has been my father because he always has been. Actually both of my parents have always been ones to encourage me to be myself and stay true to myself and not fall into what other people want me to do.

You have to know that success is greater when it's shared.

But my everyday music is classic rock. It’s what I relate to the most and where my heart is.

I am proud that my collections have received such praise, and I am even more proud to share the stage with so many talented designers.

I was the one that put myself in rehab. I was the one that went to my parents and said, you know, 'I have a problem and I need to take care of it.'

I think fame is harder when people have something to hide, but I'm very comfortable, and have nothing to hide.

Besides being responsible for myself, I'm now responsible for someone else. And I have to set the right examples. I have to really be someone that I would want my child to look up to.

I was like a trashcan. I took everything.

Life just makes so much more sense with black framed glasses on.

I live my life and I do what I do, and sometimes you forget that people are watching you.

The older you get, the more you realize you need a handful of good, close, tight friends.