Always stay focused. Always give and try your best.

The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream.

American style is about confidence, independence, diversity and free expression.

Good sportsmanship goes beyond the game; it starts with respect.

The possibilities are endless, so never be discouraged by a setback, no matter how big.

I think preppy stands for optimism, confidence, energy and authenticity.

I always say if I weren't a fashion designer, my other dream job is being a rock star!

My passion for music has always inspired my designs.

I saw my future. I pictured it, but didn't quite know how to get there. But I knew that I should never give up.

New York Fashion Week comes only twice a year, make it count

I try not to have regrets and to learn from every experience.

Mom has a massive sunflower for a soul so big there's hardly any room in her for organs.

You never fully appreciate what you had until you don’t have it anymore

The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical.

I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig.

Cocktails are society's most enduring invention!

Normal people do not create art.

Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.

The middle years, caught between children and parents, free of neither: the past stretches back too densely, it is too thickly populated, the future has not yet thinned out.

Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with my band; he just wanted me on acoustic guitar.

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.