I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.

I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.

Home, more than anything, means warmth and bed.

Within one generation, Los Angeles will be uninhabitable if people don’t do something about it. The world is going to get smaller and be uninhabitable and impossible to live in.

I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them.

Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world you see.

I think it's important to vote.