When I was about 10 I ran away to see my father. He couldn't have cared less. He just took me back as soon as he could.

I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.

Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.

If you just do something, then you're a five-year wonder and, goodbye, you're gone. But if people feel it's worthwhile, not only do they copy but they want to learn how to do it To me, that's what it's all about. If someone were to ask me, 'What's the number one thing, in essence, that you left behind?' It was the teaching of others so that they could take my work and take it further.

Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.

I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.

I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.