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.

During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.

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

My greatest regret is selling my company.

It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.

I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.

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