I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design.

I grew up in Columbus, Indiana, a kind of industrial and farmland place.

I lived in town until I was eight and then I moved nearer the farmland, so I had a mixture.

But after the time there I'd had it with fashion again, so I left to go to architecture school in a summer course at Harvard, which didn't last very long.

I watched television a little, but I mostly just drew and read magazines.

When I went to college, I wasn't interested in fashion anymore - I was interested in art.

The photograph, the clothes, the sets - this was about 1974, and I started hanging out with my friend Richard Sold, who was playing in a band with Patti Smith.

I got to the point where I was sick of fashion again, like I was at the end of high school.

Maybe if they all could he combined - art, rock and fashion. Those were always my favorite things.

I just really wanted to do art, except when I was taking those photographs of people I would make the clothes that I would photograph them in so I could control the whole thing.

Then I moved down to the Bowery to this building where Debbie Harry lived. It was there that I started combining some clothes for her and continued doing the art and photography.

Giving, goodness and generosity expresses love.

Joy is your birthright.

I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.

We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others.

It's best to know what the enemy are saying.

I've had a few gigs where things have got out of hand and there has been a huge crush with my fans. They are important and I don't want them being hurt. They are a mad crowd.

I feel so out of place here. No matter how much money the Republic throws at me, I will forever be the boy from the streets.

In love it is only the commencement that charms. I am not surprised that we find pleasure in frequently recommencing.

Get pleasure out of life...as much as you can. Nobody every died from pleasure.