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I softened in my old age.
I don't make clothes for the critics.
I don't really shop unless it's thrift.
I'm a very normal person with a very even keel.
I don't speak Italian, but I do speak Moschino.
My story is the American Dream, a hundred percent.
Madonna is the ultimate pop star of all time, hands down.
I was in heaven when I saw Taraji P. Henson wearing Moschino!
I won't work with people who won't give me the freedom to be me.
Music and fashion combined make such a lethal weapon in my opinion.
If you want me to shine, you need to give me the parole to do that.
I just love the ideal of the surreal quality of putting it on a shoe.
I love all these things where proportions have been changed and altered.
I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore.
I think when people think of something as basic, they think that it's boring.
McDonald's, Barbie - they're all icons, recognizable from London to Timbuktu.
I feel very blessed to have such wonderful cheerleaders and champions of my work.
There are so many serious things in the world; I just choose not to be one of them.
I moved to Paris around 1995 or 1996; my first collection on the runway was in 1997.
When I'm hell-bent on something, there's no way around it. I can be a very stubborn.
Working at Moschino has been great because I just have to deliver when I have to deliver.
I always grew up watching things transform, and a lot of that was what we would call trash.
My country is in the toilet. And when my country is in the toilet, the world is in the toilet.
I'm an introverted extrovert. My job sets me apart, but I'm not hammy and don't need attention.
I guess I always think of myself as more of the people. I always feel like a bit of an outsider.
The world has changed around me. I've been me, and continuously being me in a constant, steadfast way.
I've met people with my prints tattooed on them, my face tattooed on them - I have that commitment and love.
I was Hillary in '08. I love Obama, but I was Hillary first, so I was happy to be back there with her again.
When I first started my own brand, when I needed an icon, I had no other icon but myself. I had to create that.
I don't really dissect too much when ideas come - they just kind of pop into my head; I just take them and run.
I really don't see little girls growing up and thinking, 'Oh, I'm going to morph myself so I look like Barbie.'
The McDonald's icon of the colours and the golden arch, for me, resonates as one of the most iconic images ever.
I love MTV, and I love the VMAs. There's no award show like it. It really is the coolest award show, hands down.
I don't care if the critics don't like me. I want to be the people's designer, like Diana was the people's princess.
Suddenly, Dallas has become a big part of my life, and now I feel like I'm part of the fabric of the community here.
I like the mix of something farmlike and something futuristic and artsy mixed together. It's kind of both my worlds.
I look at myself like a farmer, harvesting my wares and taking them to the market, and then I go back and do it again.
I started at Moschino Oct. 31 or Nov. 1, 2013, and now I go back and forth between Milan and Los Angeles, where I live.
Even as exuberant as my style is and as over the top as I may be, I can appreciate a classic when it's really well done.
I think I'm one of few American designers doing a house in Europe, and I think I've been proving myself there very well.
I feel very blessed to have the support I have and to have the fans that I have. I'm still striving to make it every day.
I feel my role is to push boundaries. I don't like things to be safe and sedentary. So controversy is the cross I have to bear.
I think the way the world has evolved, it's maybe caught up to me. It makes more sense and it makes it click on a larger scale.
I was born dirt-poor with barely a stitch on my back, and no name or prestige attached to me, and no real clout or connections.
Posterity is something I'm a big fan of because that's how you leave your legacy. Not to sound pompous, but just to be truthful.
I think Barbie and I are very similar in many respects. That's why she made such a great muse for the summer Moschino collection.
Being pure in my voice has always served me the best. Anytime I've tried to hide my light under a bushel, it's never done me any good.
I've been thinking a lot about how we worship celebrity and how we have Elvis and Marilyn Monroe and Jesus all on the same playing field.
I'm not anti-intellectual, but primarily, I try to feel things. Emotions aren't always rational; it's not possible to put them into words.
I get love from fans in a big enough dosage that it acts as a shield, and I would not sacrifice that love in order to please the industry.