Listen, the idea that I might be a fashion soothsayer is very flattering but completely inaccurate.

Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.

Clothes are about manipulations: how I feel, how I want to feel and how I want others to feel about me.

I'm interested in aesthetics, in the way things look, in finding something in an image that maybe people haven't seen.

I'm terrified of being bored and not learning.

I'm not 100% nice all the time, so I find it quite hard to be really pleasant.

Looking effortless takes a lot of effort. When I get new Converse I dedicate some time at home to shoving mud on them so they don't look squeaky clean.

Thank you, Jane Birkin, for providing me with infinite outfit ideas and the confidence to dress like a boy but act like a girl.

Looking effortless takes a lot of effort.

The idea of giving someone something that I got, that makes me feel sad.

My dad cut my hair once - I wanted a bob and he gave me a bowl cut. That was a tough few years.

Greatness is not a flower that grows in an easy life

Slowly I swam up from the bottom of a black sleep.

Every time you say ‘but’, you aregiving yourself a get-out clause.

I have always felt a little held back by working with other people in recording.

Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by smearing them with paint.

Close beside my knowledge lies my black ignorance.

Look, if America - if being an American means anything, it means not having to lie under oath, not even for the president.

While working among the little plants of the far places of the world we forget the narrowness of our own orbit.

Bill Clinton outshines John Adams in that regard.

In a way, my design works as much because the belt is comfortable for the user as it does because it is safer.