“Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.”

I know now that it’s really important to feel beautiful. There is a power to that.

Bad things happen everyday but you’re not going to be any happier thinking about them.

Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.

Initially the fashion world was more interested in me than the music world, which was strange when I first started singing.

Do you know how expensive it is to look this cheap?

Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.

Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone. Who had nothing, who wanted everything.

Nobody gets to tell your story.

I’ve been really blessed to have a lot of romance in my life. It’s like my last luxury.

Einstein said ‘your imagination is more important than intelligence,’ and I have a very, very big imagination.

I was a mess. I totally wanted to kill myself every day.

God has saved me a million times, so I think He must’ve enjoyed my song.

I feel free when I see no one and nobody knows my name.

When your happiness is someone else’s happiness, that is love.

If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It’s the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.

People always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What am I in the mood for? Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.

All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I personally feel that the Indian body type is not cut out to be size zero. I am not size zero and I don’t believe in that either.

I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.

You have to look inside yourself and you have to say, well, what am I about? Why does anyone need this? Why does anyone need a ‘Tom Ford’ jacket? What do I believe in?

Dressing well is a form of good manners.

I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.