I'm from an island, so I've always been near the water. I don't think I could live somewhere far from the sea.
The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.
If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.
Young children and old ladies have inspired me more than poets and philosophers.
Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.
I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
Once I found a mouse under my bed in an apartment in Paris. I am terrified of mice! I couldn't sleep for days.
a good idea is only good if there is a well-thought-out plan to make it a reality.
I saw 'The Godfather' in London when it came out in 1972 and loved it. I've seen it probably 20 times - I always find something new.
My work has always been about authentic feeling, and I think we live in a time where we need that.
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.
Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be.
Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience.
It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people.
Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.
I prefer department stores. In boutiques, they come up and ask you if you need help. I can't get lost in the experience.
'Each One Lost' I wrote the day after I got home. My week in Afghanistan was a very short trip, but it was a powerful experience.
What I said to my family is, 'Our history is our own. Let people write what they want, we know who we are.'
I am really good about compartmentalizing and treating my family as one thing and the show or whatever my job as a secondary thing.
In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience, and of course big stadiums didn't enable you to do that. It wasn't my style.
