My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.

If you get hold of a head of hair on somebody you've never seen before, cut beautiful shapes, cut beautiful architectural angles and she walks out looking so different - I think that's masterful.

I'm a great jazz fan.

Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.

My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.

You either create something and you keep it a secret and you die with it, or you can benefit the craft.

I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.