Our ego never wants to die and it will do anything to prolong its life. But the truth is, we are both spirit and ego and you have to have a balance between the two. Your spirit never dies, but the ego is all about beginnings and ends.

The main thing that motivates me is laughter, and colors, and music, and dancing! And I do all of the above every day.

When I was a kid in San Diego, I would read fashion magazines and Interview magazine, and all of that really inspired me to create a persona. So by the time I moved to New York, in the early '80s, I'd learned how to create a persona, and I knew what my persona would be.

With hair, heels, and attitude, honey, I am through the roof.

Throw a little shade when you need to.

My life is so much better, it's so much more enriched if I make the effort, if I actually celebrate with gladitude the fact that I get to be on this gorgeous planet.

Be yourself. Know your proportions. And have a good tailor.