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

For me the working of hair is architecture with a human element.

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.

You must always do what you feel is right.

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

'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.

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.