Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes.

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.

As stylists, we're groundshakers and daymakers. I was always in hair.

So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it.

Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.

From my point of view, there is a tremendous amount to be said for secular humanism.

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