I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.

My father was an artist. When life was harder and he couldn't get jobs, he painted houses, but he was artistic. When I went to see his work, it was special. Somewhere along the line, I felt I was special. I didn't know why.

I think the people who work with me are people who love style themselves. I'm leaving the office and they're still working. They're passionate.

Cars are like children: It's hard to say that any one is more special than the other. There are little things about each car that you come to love, whether it's the look, the steering wheel, the way it drives, or even the way it drives differently when you put the top up. They all have identities; they have spirits and characteristics that are truly endearing in some way.

I try to find people who love and believe in what I do - and people I can respect because they do what I don't do. I've had to bring in financial people and put them in positions where they could tell me, "Ralph, let's not do that."

I have always done what I love myself. My philosophy was that I never had focus groups. I did what I wear.

Fashion is a function of lifestyle, and style a function of quality, integrity and timelessness.