"It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas."

"Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?"

"There's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. There's something that invites all this obsessive behavior."

"I found music to be the therapy of choice."

"Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them."

"It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow."

"You can go to Graff and buy a diamond that's flawless. You aren't going to be able to buy the same diamond at Fortunoff, but it's still a diamond you can enjoy. If fashion can allow you to have the Chanel mystique through a lipstick, then why shouldn't art allow you to have that through a sweatshirt that says 'Cremaster' on it?"

"Women's fashion is a subtle form of bondage. It's men's way of binding them. We put them in these tight, high-heeled shoes, we make them wear these tight clothes and we say they look sexy. But they're actually tied up."