"It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people."

"The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique."

"I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct."

"The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain."

"The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists."

"I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish."

"But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing."

"We based the look on rock 'n roll right from the beginning."

"Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well."

"We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records."

"My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex."

"But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a technique without marketing people ever telling me what the public wants."

"I think some people would love to be able to make the clothes I make - and of course, I do influence them, but they keep simplifying, and minimalism doesn't quite work."

"What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers."

"We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part."

"I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle."

"I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy."

"I think it's important to vote."

"I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire."

"My clothes are very popular in Japan."

"I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history."

"It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity."

"Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men."

"Even though it was the 70s, we found old stocks of clothes that had never been worn from the 50s and took them apart. I started to teach myself how to make clothes from that kind of formula."

"I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features."