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.

It's okay saying sorry, but when you are drunk you say what you really feel.

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.

To sculpt a head of hair with scissors is an art form. It's in pursuit of art.

I think that as good architecture enhances a city, a good cut enhances the definition and expression of a face.

Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.

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.